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At half-past two on the following Sunday afternoon, Bliss, according to orders, picked up Mr. Montague at Princes' Restaurant. Mr. Montague, having escaped with difficulty from the reproaches of the two ladies with whom he appeared to have been lunching, settled himself in the corner of the car. He had a large cigar in the corner of his mouth, a tissue paper parcel in his hand, and a smile of anticipation, which Bliss hated, upon his face.
"Drive," he directed, "to the corner of Wellington Street and the Strand."