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were about to enter the august sanctum of the editor.

"Is this Mr. Edwards?

"Oh, Mr. Edwards, this is Mrs. Hemming, Mrs. Godfrey Hemming, the wife of one of your authors———

"Why, there's been a terrible mistake about our manuscripts, Mr. Edwards, the stories that Mr. Hemming sent you. I've just had your letter, and that story you sent back wasn't mine at all, it was Godfrey's———

"I don't see how you can have made the mistake———

"Yes, the story called 'Three Is Company' is mine, I wrote it, but really it can't possibly be better than the other one because I wrote it in such a hurry, it's my first attempt———

"You want to publish it? But, Mr. Edwards, you simply mustn't, because———

"I can't explain over the telephone. I know you only like it because you thought———

"Will you promise not to do anything about it, and not to tell Mr. Hemming anything, until you get a letter from me?

"You will promise? Oh, thank you so much! I'll write at once.

"Good-bye!"

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