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I told Caroline at lunch time that I should be dining at Fernly. She expressed no objection—on the contrary——,“Excellent, ” she said. “You’ll hear all about it. By the way, what is the trouble with Ralph?
”,“With Ralph?” I said, surprised; “there’s isn’t any. ”,“Then why is he staying at the Three Boars instead of at Fernly Park?”,I did not for a minute question Caroline’s statement that Ralph Paton was staying at the local inn. That Caroline said so was enough for me.,“Ackroyd told me he was in London,
” I said. In the surprise of the moment I departed from my valuable rule of never parting with information.,“He arrived at the Three Boars yesterday morning,” she said. “And he’s still there. Last night he was out with a girl. ”,That did not surprise me in the least. Ralph, I should say, is out with a girl most nights of his life. But I did rather wonder that he chose to indulge in the pastime in King’s Abbot instead of in the gay metropolis.,“One of the barmaids?
” I asked.,18,“No. That’s just it. He went out to meet her. I don’t know who she is.”,