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EAR MR. HARRINGTON," this disturbing letter began, and ran along through a half page of preliminaries to:

And so the letter went on.

"So, they're getting scared too," murmured Henry, a little bit awed; and proceeded to empty his files and his mind of everything that could possibly be helpful to the eloquent Mr. Wendell in the circumstances.

Having done this and attended to certain other routine matters, Henry was thinking of Lahleet. She must know of his—his enlarged perception of the Shell