From: Gius <rec...@pf...> - 2009-08-29 06:47:44
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Old friend." "Indeed? How extremely interesting!" eagerly scenting a new story. "Please tell me who it was, Mr. McNeil." "Oh--eh--knew him when I was a boy--eh--Munchausen." Mr. Moffat drew in his head violently, with an exclamation nearly profane, yet before he could speak Miss Spencer intervened. "Munchausen! Why, Mr. McNeil, you surely do not intend to question the truth of Mr. Moffat's narrative?" The foreman's eyes twinkled humorously, but the lines of his face remained calmly impassive. "My--eh--reference," he explained, gravely, "was--eh--entirely to the--eh--local color, the--eh--ex |