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But when they stepped through the passage into the living-room the lady was not there. Two men were warming themselves before the fire: one, a round, cheery, red-faced little man, the other a pale youth with black curly hair and a weak but handsome face. The older of the two stepped forward.
-"Hello, Dudley," he said. "This is like old times, isn't it? Ellen back at the old house again and--er--ah--and all that."