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Hermann found Leete at his club, and explained the joke. It required some explaining, and it was a long time before Leete put down the arm-length's barrier which he had erected in that moment of fancied peril.
"You shouldn't mix yourself up with that sort of thing at all, Zeberlieff," he said disapprovingly. "Whatever you do, keep away from the police. You can't afford to be mixed up with them -- particularly if you've friends, as I have. There's my friend the Duke -- "