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"Confound you -- pay some attention to me, will you? Do you _get_ what I'm saying? Everything's in train. I've only to take my physical examination -- papers came this morning, by the way -- and get my passports, and I'm off. For the love of heaven, what's the matter with you, Max Buller? Sitting there looking like a mollusc -- like a barnacle glued to a rock -- and me having transports all over the place! Don't you know a magnificently happy man when you see one -- and can't you -- -- "
Red's manner suddenly changed, as Dr. Maxwell Buller looked up at him with an expression of mingled pain and protest. Red's voice softened, his smiling lips grew sober.