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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1922 Original Publisher: J.B. Lippincott Company Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER V THE TRAGEDY That same Sunday evening the Waring household dined alone. Oftener than not there were guests, but tonight there were only the two Peytons, Lockwood and John Waring himself. Ito, the butler, had holiday Sunday afternoon and evening, and Nogi, the second and less experienced man, was trying his best to satisfy the exactions of Mrs. Peyton as to his service at table. Helen Peyton was in a talkative mood and commented volubly on the caller of the afternoon, Miss Austin. She met little response, for her mother was absorbed in the training of the Japanese, and the two men seemed indisposed to pursue the subject. Don't you think she's odd looking? Helen asked, of Doctor Waring. Odd looking, he repeated; I don't know. I didn't notice her especially. She seemed to me a rather distinguished type. Distinguished is the word, agreed Lockwood. What about the lecture tomorrow night, Doctor ? Will Fessenden take care of it? No; I must lecture myself tomorrow night. I'm sorry, for I'm busy with that book revision. However, I'll look up some data this evening, and I shall be ready for it. Of course you will, laughed Mrs. Peyton. You were never caught unready for anything But it means some work, Waring added, as he rose from the table. He went into the study, followed by Lockwood, whose experience made him aware of what books his chief would need, and he began at once to take them from the shelves. Right, Waring said, looking over the armful of volumes Lockwood placed on the desk and seating himself in the swivel...