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Matresser threw himself into a battered easy-chair before the fire in the gunroom, lit a cigarette and reflected for a moment. A few yards away from him Humphreys, the head keeper, was standing hat in hand It was obvious from a certain air of tension and from the man's solemn demeanour that the story which he had just finished concerned matters more serious than the mere arrangement of the day's sport.
"This seems a queer sort of business, Humphreys," his master observed. "Sit down whilst I ask you a few questions."