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"I can't very well tell you that, standing on the doorstep," Peter grinned. "I don't want to force myself upon you, but if you ask me inside, then I think I shall be able to tell you a few things that will interest you."
"Oh, come inside by all means," Glynn said. "If there is one man in the world I want to see more than another at the present moment, you are that individual. Come in, my dear, boy, come in. Let me offer you a drink and something to smoke."