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As I pushed open the inner door and entered the room I conceived the momentary hope of a reprieve from the wrath to come, for I found my two friends in what was evidently a business consultation with a stranger, and was on the point of backing out when Thorndyke stopped me. "Don't run away, Howard," said he. "There are no secrets being disclosed -- at least, I think not. We have finished with your affairs, Mr. O'Donnell, haven't we?"
"Yes, doctor," was the answer; "you've run me dry with the exception -- of your own little business."