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When Manthon came down to breakfast on the morning following the amazing scene in the library at Monkshole, he had intended to devote the best part of the day to what he considered to be a vital problem, and this would, of course, be shared by Basil Faber. But a rather pressing letter from his literary agent in Town and a desire to see the author at once upset that scheme, at any rate, for the moment. So, instead of going over to Faber's place, as he intended, Manthon found himself, shortly after ten o'clock, embarking for London at Marchwick Junction in the hope that he would be able to get his business through quickly and return to Lincombe some time in the afternoon.
In this he was more or less successful. By a quarter to five he was back at Victoria again, and, having purchased the six o'clock edition of the "Evening News," he threw himself down in a corner of a first class carriage and, having the compartment to himself, unfolded his newspaper.