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A week later, Mailing paid a visit to Professor Stepton. He had heard / nothing of the Hardings and Chichester since the day of the luncheon in / Onslow Gardens, but they had seldom been absent from his thoughts, and / more than once he had looked at the words, "Dine with H. C. " in his book / of engagements, and had found himself wishing that "Hornton Street, / Wednesday" was not so far distant.
The professor lived in Westminster, in a house with Adam ceilings, not / far from the Houses of Parliament. He was unmarried, and Malling found / him alone after dinner, writing busily in his crowded library. He had but / recently returned from Paris, whither he had traveled to take part in a / series of "sittings" with the famous medium, Mrs. Groeber.