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GILBERT RAND -- old Gilbert -- was sitting, large and ruddy and cheerful, at a table in the corner of Henschel's when Norman came in at twelve-thirty.
There are various ways in which an elderly lawyer of repute may show consideration for a young and untried one, if he is so disposed. Old Gilbert had been so disposed on various occasions during the past year, for he liked the boy. He didn't know what Norman wanted of him now except that it was something legal and personal, which nevertheless could be disposed of at lunch. Norman had suggested a quiet place where they could talk without interruption, and Gilbert had said that Henschel's would do.