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"Yes," said Hoopdriver, in a melancholy tone, "you guessed it."
Why not seize the opportunity for a neat confession, and add, "unhappily
in this case you guessed wrong." Did she suspect? Then, at the
psychological moment, the girl bumped the door open with her tray and
brought in the coffee and scrambled eggs.
"I am rather lucky with my intuitions, sometimes," said Jessie.
Remorse that had been accumulating in his mind for two days surged to
the top of his mind. What a shabby liar he was!
And, besides, he must sooner or later, inevitably, give himself away.
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