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along to the door.
The bell pealed again. Tressilian frowned. Through the frosted glass of the door he saw the
silhouette2 of a man wearing a slouch hat.
Tressilian passed a hand over his forehead. Something worried him. It was as though
everything was happening twice.
Surely this had happened before. Surely—
“Is this where Mr. Simeon Lee lives?”
“Yes, sir.”
“I’d like to see him, please.”
A faint echo of memory awoke in Tressilian. It was an intonation5 of voice that he
remembered from the old days when Mr. Lee was first in England.
The stranger interrupted.
He drew out an envelope and handed it to the butler.
“Please give this to Mr. Lee.”
“Yes, sir.”
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