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David Macrae did not in the least appear to understand the full significance of what he was saying. He had lapsed, apparently, into a perfectly apathetic stage, and seemed to have resigned himself to the worst. Philp regarded him with a certain annoyance, but that feeling soon passed. Perhaps, in the circumstances, it was only natural. Well, before long it would not matter.
"What happened after that?" he asked.