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 ants, everything that you want. And you mustn’t worry about money. Where do you déjeuner? I should so much like you to be my guest.”

“What do you really want?” Prokop burst out.

Then Mr. Carson sat down on the palliasse next to him, took him extraordinarily warmly by the hand and said suddenly in quite a different voice: “Keep cool. You can make millions and millions.”