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Bredon was not allowed to escape so easily. Leyland insisted that their plans must be settled at once, before supper time. "You see," he said, "we've got to make rings round Brinkman, and he's got to fancy that he is not under observation. That's going to be a difficult job. But it's made easy for us, rather, by the fact that Friday night is cinema night in Chilthorpe."
"A cinema at Chilthorpe! " protested Mr. Pulteney. "Good God!"