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  happens meanwhile to make me change my mind." He beamed good humor on her.

"Bless you, General," she cried. "Hildebrand's will mention you in its advertisements."

"Heaven forbid!" General Crandall cried in real perturbation.

Jane turned to Lady Crandall and took both her hands.

"Come to my room," she urged, with an air of mystery. "You know that Doeuillet evening gown—the one in blue? It's yours, Lady Crandall. I'd give another to the general if he'd wear it. Now one fitting and"

Her voice was drowned by Lady Crandall's: "You dear!"

"Be at the dock at five Friday to see you and the others off, Miss Gerson," Reynolds called after her. "Must go now—morning crowd of busted citizens waiting at the consulate to be fed. Ta-ta!" Reynolds collided with Jaimihr Khan at the double doors.

"A young man who wishes to see you. General Sahib. He will give no name, but he says a promise you made to see him—by telephone an hour ago."