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Austin Wingate was sitting in his office the next morning. The post had been unusually heavy, and he had a busy day in front of him. In view of the pressure of business which he saw was impending, he was about to ring up Sheila to tell her that he would not come to Chesterfield Street to dinner, as had been arranged, but would see her later in the evening. She, however, rang him up first.
"I want to see you as soon as you can possibly get away," she told him. "Something very wonderful has happened; I can't tell you over the 'phone. Can you come to lunch -- or before, if possible?"