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I had one of my valises packed when McCann was announced. He squinted at it with surprise: "You ain't going away tonight, Doc?"
With sudden impulse toward frankness, I pushed over to him the Demoiselle's telegram. He read it stolidly; looked up: "This just come? Thought you told Doc Bennett you'd already had an invitation."