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 Markham had risen and turned toward the door, but at Vance's words he paused and appeared to deliberate.

"I can't see any particular objection to your being present," he said, "if you really care to come."

I think he had an idea that the humiliation of which the other had spoken would prove to be Vance's own; and soon we were in a taxicab headed for the Criminal Courts Building.