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 —And yet I love him as I would my own son. [Kisses 's hand.]

—I must pretend to be working. If he comes in and finds me just talking to you, he'll be unhappy again.

—No fear of that now He is a long way from here.

—As if that mattered! He divines the fact that we are together. And he can find me with his eyes shut. [Taps once or twice on the machine.] Please don't let him catch us like this.

—This is intolerable, Paula. It can't go on. One of the reasons I sent for you was to tell you that I mean to get rid of Juhasz to-day.

—[Sorrowfully.] Your excellency

—There is a dairyman named Mate, a wholly untrustworthy fellow, whom he won't dismiss. That gives me a perfect excuse, and I intend to make use of it. For I can't let this sort of thing go on indefinitely. He's always on your heels like a watch-*dog, and I'm sick of it It isn't enough that he's practically useless around the place but he demoralizes everything with that benevolence of his my dignity  even my cheese And to crown it all he makes me play the comedian in my own house. In order to be alone with you I must give you dictation. And in order to give you