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On his return to the offices of the Victory Finance Company on Monday afternoon, Major-Gen. Sir Hunter Lorne found awaiting him a note brought by a young man in a neat dark suit. Sir Hunter tore it open and read it, a frown, first of surprise and then of annoyance, deepening on his face as he did so.
"What the devil? Of all the infernal impertinence! " he exclaimed, then struck the hand-bell sharply. A junior clerk appeared at the door.