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Over a late and frugal lunch Macdonald and Jenkins compared notes about their morning’s work, and Jenkins told of Mr. Hardwell’s offer. Macdonald sat and contemplated for awhile and then said:
“Good for you, Jenkins. The fact that he made the offer off his own bat is an eloquent testimony to your persuasiveness. It’s a good idea. I’ll see to it we get them all there; as an identity parade it may produce more interesting results than the last one—though we can’t have Claydon in it.”