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The man who presently walked in, a tall, grey-bearded, evidently prosperous person, dressed in the height of fashion, glanced keenly from one to the other of the two men who awaited him.
"Mr. Pawle? " he inquired as he dropped into the chair which the old lawyer silently indicated at the side of his desk. "One of your partners, no doubt! " he added, looking again at Viner.