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"A beautiful morning?" observed
Miles, most ingratiatingly. There was
no reply.
"I was afraid last evening we were going to have rain." Silence.
"Er—weren't you?"
"No."
"But perhaps you didn't notice the clouds?" No answer.
"Did you?"
"No."
"It looked—er—quite threatening. But the sunset was certainly wano. More silence.
"You noticed the sunset, of course?"
"No—yes!"
"Then perhaps"
"Mr. Fallon, I am very busy, and talking disturbs me."
