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Howard Brendon himself admitted Macdonald to his house at Dulverton, apologising for the absence of any servants, and adding that he was shortly shutting the house up. He then lowered his voice, saying, “I’d like to have a word with you alone before you see Radcliffe. There are one or two points I should like to make.”
“Of course,” Macdonald replied, as he pulled his driving gloves off and undid his top coat. “Can I leave this here? It’s turned very warm,” he observed, and as he spoke a telephone bell shrilled in a room opening out of the hall.