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After Freddie Stickney had closed the door behind him, Wraxall frankly abandoned any pretence of being interested in his food. He pushed back his chair slightly and seemed to concentrate his whole mind for a time upon some intricate problem.
"I'd better see the old man as soon as I can," he said, half aloud, at one point in his train of thought. "The first thing to do is to see how the land lies. It's a tight position."