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A PROFESSIONAL SECRET
started up that's making the track
pretty heavy; so I called, don't you
understand."
"I had not been advised," said
Doctor Prince, "of any recurrence
of Miss Rankin's indisposition."
T. Ripley Ashburton produced a
silver cigarette-case and conterm-
plated it tenderly. Receiving no en-
couragement, he replaced it in his
pocket with a sigh.
"Not a recurrence," he said,
thoughtfully, "but something differ-
ent. Possibly I'm the only one in a
position to know. Hate to discuss
it-reveal Cupid's secrets, you know
-such a jolly low thing to do-but
suppose the occasion justifies it."
"If you possess any information
or have observed anything," said
Doctor Prince, judicially, "through
which Mi\iss Rankin's condition miaht
be benefited, it is your duty, of_ .',tom,. .. _
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