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Chapter 15

           Theplacewasnowinthehandsofafirmofdecoratorsandfurnishers,recommendedbyRimânez,anditwasexpectedtobeinperfectorderformyhabitationinearlysummer,atwhichtimeIpurposedentertainingalargehouse-partyofmoreorlessdistinguishedpeople.

           Meantime,whatIhadonceconsideredwouldbethegreateventofmylife,tookplacenamelythepublicationofmybook.Trumpetedforthbythemostheraldicadvertisements,itwasatlastlaunchedontheuncertainandfluctuatingtideofpublicfavour,andspecial‘advance’copiesweresenttotheofficeofeverymagazineandjournalinLondon.Thedayafterthiswasdone,Lucio,asInowfamiliarlycalledhim,cameintomyroomwithamysteriousandmischievousair.

           "Geoffrey,"hesaid"I’mgoingtolendyoufivehundredpounds!"

           Ilookedupwithasmile.

           "Whatfor?"

           Heheldoutachequetowardsme.GlancingatitIsawthatthesumhementionedwasfilledinandendorsedwithhissignature,butthatthenameofthepersontowhomthemoneywastobemadepayable,hadnotyetbeenwritten.

           "Well?Whatdoesitmean?"

           "Itmeans"repliedhe"thatIamgoingtoseeMrMcWhingthismorning.Ihaveanappointmentwithhimattwelve.You,asGeoffreyTempest,theauthorofthebookMrMcWhingisgoingtocriticiseandmakea‘boom’of,couldnotpossiblyputyournametosuchacheque.Itwouldnotbe‘goodform’itmightcropupafterwardsandsobetray‘thesecretsoftheprison-house.Butformeitisanotheraffair.

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