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Having heard enough after his return from Queensland to suspect Susman's designs, Harold determined to act at once. He was sitting in the library with Edith when Susman's effeminate voice within proclaimed him a guest for supper; and he immediately proceeded to plan for the first manoeuvre in his campaign against the enemy.
"I'm going over to Wangooma after tea," he said to Edith, "and I'd be glad if you would indulge the old villain for a couple of hours to provide against our meeting. I wouldn't like him to know I'd been over there."