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It was a very rambling statement, but certain plain facts emerged from it. Sir George had now become a regular habitué of Miss Buckley's flat, and they were constantly in each other's society, lunching and dining together, going to theatres when her engagements permitted her to have an evening to herself. Several times he had come across young Graham, to whom he seemed to take a very great fancy, and was very curious about him.
On this particular evening he had put some leading questions on the subject, and Alma in her confused state had thrown her usual caution to the winds and blurted out the youngster's real name, and, worst of all, had let drop the fact that his father, Graham Darcy, had come into conflict with the law.