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It was characteristic of Canton's volatile nature that he showed no signs of the trouble in which he had plunged himself during the time that the party at Holt sat round the dinner table. He laughed and joked and was more or less the soul of the gathering, whilst Evelyn was quieter than usual and Cheriton was watching developments. Seagrane himself seemed to be lost in a fit of more or less moody distraction.
The dinner was drawing to an end and the cigarettes were lighted before Canton made the next move.