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Years ago I discovered that truth was indeed stranger than fiction -- that curious and amazing things happened daily that caused one to say, "If I had read this in a book I should have said that it was impossible. " Following upon this discovery, I have observed that all the best chroniclers, exercise unusual caution in dealing with unexpected situations, carefully and laboriously laying solid foundations on which to build their literary coincidences. Fortunately Sir Harry saves me the trouble, for his first words explained his presence.
"Ah, Alicia," he pecked at her, "let me introduce our good friend Slewer -- just arrived from the United States of America with a letter of introduction from the gentleman in charge of my affairs in Denver."