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THE Duke did not call a hansom when he reached the street. The interview to come was several times more trying to face than the last had been; he preferred to walk the miles between the Equitable Building and Murray Hill.
He reached the house in an hour. Miss Creighton was in the library reading a novel by the fire, and looked up brightly as he entered.