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"Ha! dearie," cried the little weird-looking man as Barclay approached, "so here we are. There's nothing like punctuality. I've been all over the world, and I know that. We'll sit down on the grass, and have a little talkee-talkee."
There had been a little feeling of uneasiness in Barclay's mind as he first approached Antonio, for that was the name he chose to be known by.