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 *erty, and their informant assured them that no one would object to the contemplated gangway.

Laurie got back to No. 16 alone to discover Kewpie, sweatered and unkempt of hair, lolling in the Morris chair and fondling glove and ball. "Say, where the dickens have you been?" Kewpie demanded aggrievedly. "I've been waiting hours!"

"Hello!" said Laurie blankly. "Where—where did you drop from?"

"Came on the ten twenty, of course. Wanted to get some work in before dinner. Thought you'd be all ready for me, too!"

Laurie returned the other's reproachful gaze with one even more reproachful, "Oh, gosh," he sighed. "I was hoping you'd forget to come back!"