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It was somewhere in the middle of the following afternoon, which was Saturday, before Ray found an opportunity of speaking alone with Lord Barlington. He found the old diplomatist by himself in the library, and lost no time in getting to work.
"I have something to say to you, sir," he said. "Something of an exceedingly private nature, which I am afraid will detain you for some little time. Not here, if you don't mind."