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a lonely man. Appoint a place for an immediate interview and let me assure you that Frost had nothing to do with my leaving you.

I return check.

Yours very truly,
Marrion Latham."


He dispatched this message, and paced the floor in a fever of anxiety until the answer came. Quickly he snatched the envelope, as a starving man breaks a crust of bread.

This is what the letter said:


"My time is now entirely occupied.

Respectfully,
Robert Milburn."