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Chapter 2

           ForamomentheformedsuchanapologeticpartofthevibrantlandscapethatDickscarcelyremarkedhimthenDickwasonhisfeet,shakinghandswithanabstractedair,thinking,"MyGod,I’vestirredupanest!"andtryingtocollecttheman’sname.

           "ThisisDoctorDiver,isn’tit?"

           "Well,wellMr.Dumphry,isn’tit?"

           "RoyalDumphry.Ihadthepleasureofhavingdinneronenightinthatlovelygardenofyours."

           "Ofcourse."TryingtodampenMr.Dumphry’senthusiasm,Dickwentintoimpersonalchronology."Itwasinnineteentwenty-fourortwenty-five"

           Hehadremainedstanding,butRoyalDumphry,shyashehadseemedatfirst,wasnolaggardwithhispickandspade;hespoketoFranciscoinaflip,intimatemanner,butthelatter,ashamedofhim,joinedDickintryingtofreezehimaway.

           "DoctorDiveronethingIwanttosaybeforeyougo.I’veneverforgottenthateveninginyourgardenhowniceyouandyourwifewere.Tomeit’soneofthefinestmemoriesinmylife,oneofthehappiestones.I’vealwaysthoughtofitasthemostcivilizedgatheringofpeoplethatIhaveeverknown."

           Dickcontinuedacrab-likeretreattowardthenearestdoorofthehotel.

           "I’mgladyouremembereditsopleasantly.NowI’vegottosee"

           "Iunderstand,"RoyalDumphrypursuedsympathetically."Ihearhe’sdying."

           "Who’sdying?"

           "PerhapsIshouldn’thavesaidthatbutwehavethesamephysician."

           Dickpaused,regardinghiminastonishment.

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