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Many-Sided Maundeville
I went round the next morning to ask for him, and found him much the same as usual, trying some chemical tests for alkaloids in his museum. He was not very willing to say anything more about the accident of the previous evening.
“I’ve been busy this morning,” he said, “and couldn’t go out. But I sent Bates round with my card to inquire for Miss O’Hagan. You’ll be glad to know that Mrs. Vavasour allows she is apparently none the worse for her fall. Indeed, they had intended to do me the honour of calling to ask after my welfare, but Bates told them I was engaged.”
“He ought not to have let me in,” I said, looking round for my hat, but Maundeville stopped me.
“This is mere mechanical work just now,” he said. “Besides, you’re different. With ladies one has to be
