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Matresser, at the close of the last partridge drive before luncheon, on the following morning, waited for Andrews who was struggling along in the rear, and who hurried up full of apologies.
"Terribly sorry to have missed a slice out of the morning, Matresser," he apologised. "I simply couldn't help it."