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There were four of them, in addition to several donkey boys and a dragoman. His delicacy andthoughtfulness were unfailing; his original ways of doing things alwaysamused and interested the patient. He dreaded,as always, the tedium of travel, the clatter of hotel life, the monotonyof entertainment, while, more than most men, he loved the tender luxuryof home. Rising, I know it's wicked to talk like this; I know it iswrong.

The other letter is dated two months later, August 5th. He owns with me in the Horatio and Derby ledge. We are none of us children or cowards, I said. He was certainly the social butterfly when he was inspector, Nefret remarked.