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Three weeks passed -- three weeks of constant companionship with Lee Clavering -- almost exhausting her capacity for surprise and her cellar. Then, a wireless telegram -- "Wife dead must see you immediately on arrival Berengaria Haffanauer."
The Prince arrived -- straight, thin, erect, broke -- in his eyes the glance of the Austrian double-eagle, now selling at 99⁴⁴⁄₁₀₀ off for cash.