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"Oh!" said Tuppence again. Then she added reflectively,
"I like him, don't you? He looks so awfully tired and bored, and yet you feel that
underneath he's just like steel, all keen and flashing. Oh!" She gave a skip. "Pinch
me, Tommy, do pinch me. I can't believe it's real!"
Mr. Beresford obliged.
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Ow! That's enough! Yes, we're not dreaming. We've got a job!"
And what a job! The joint venture has really begun."
It's more respectable than I thought it would be," said Tuppence thoughtfully.
Luckily I haven't got your craving for crime! What time is it? Let's have lunch--
oh!"
The same thought sprang to the minds of each. Tommy voiced it first.
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Julius P. Hersheimmer!"
We never told Mr. Carter about hearing from him."
Well, there wasn't much to tell--not till we've seen him. Come on, we'd better
take a taxi."
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Now who's being extravagant?"
All expenses paid, remember. Hop in."
At any rate, we shall make a better effect arriving this way," said Tuppence,
leaning back luxuriously. "I'm sure blackmailers never arrive in buses!"
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We've ceased being blackmailers," Tommy pointed out.
I'm not sure I have," said Tuppence darkly.
"
On inquiring for Mr. Hersheimmer, they were at once taken up to his suite. An
impatient voice cried "Come in" in answer to the page-boy's knock, and the lad
stood aside to let them pass in.
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