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More than ever, Henry Yates resembled a faithful watch-dog as he rose hastily from his place behind the desk and faced his employer. There was distress, however, in his anxious eyes as he removed his spectacles. He was evidently perturbed. He so far forgot himself as to address Matresser in the forbidden manner.
"Your lordship," he announced, "the big man has been here."