Alpha Book

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"I don't want to. Who was he?"
"Please don't terminate so abruptly the few subjects we have in reserve.
We may be obliged to talk to each other for a number of minutes if
Rosamund doesn't let us alone. . . . The man was 'Boots' Lansing."
"'Boots!' Here!"
"Arrived from Manila Sunday. _Sans gene_ as usual he introduced you as
the subject, and told me--oh, dozens of things about you. I suppose he
began inquiring for you before he crossed the troopers' gangplank; and
somebody sent him to Neergard & Co. Haven't you seen him?"
"No," he said, staring at the brilliant fish, which glided along the
crystal tank, goggling their eyes at the lights.
"You--you are living with the Gerards, I believe," she said carelessly.
"For a while."
"Oh, 'Boots' says that he is expecting to take an apartment with you
somewhere."
"What! Has 'Boots' resigned?"
"So he says. He told me that you had resigned. I did not understand
that; I imagined you were here on leave until I heard about Neergard &
Co.


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