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 saw at once that the girl had gone the distance for me with him; I had much to make good, so I went to it immediately.

"I've come to ask you not to have any meetings in your directors' room to-day."

Of course he asked why; and I told him, "I've word, which I feel sure is reliable, that there is a plot against your meeting."

"Hmm!" said Sencort, evidently disappointed. "Much obliged for your trouble."

Plainly, he wasn't interested.

I said,"You'llsaid, "You'll [sic] not meet in that room this morning?"

He was looking at papers on his desk. "Why not? I've had it examined. I've been warned before, Fanneal; so we've already taken precautions. These threats never amount to anything. Much obliged to you, however."

"You've examined the pipes in that room?" I asked.

"Pipes?" he repeated. There's always something about definiteness which claims the attention. He pressed a button on his desk.

The girl, who had got me in, reappeared. "Ask Reed and Weston whether they've particularly examined the pipes in the directors'