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A few evenings after Dick and Owen's visit to the Empire, on the latter's return home at the end of his afternoon round, Margaret met him in the surgery and handed him the slate with the names of the callers during his absence. He glanced through it, making one or two remarks, and then, as he laid it down, she pointed to a note lying on the table. The envelope was dirty and thumb-stained.
"Who brought this? " he inquired.