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XV,As the door opened once more, Colonel Johnson looked up. For a moment he took the enteringfigure to be that of Harry ¹ Lee, but as Stephen Farr advanced into the room he saw his error.,“Sit down, Mr. Farr,
” he said.,Stephen sat. His eyes, cool, intelligent eyes, went from one to the other of the three men. Hesaid:,“I’m afraid I shan’t be much use to you. But please ask me anything that you think may help.,Perhaps I’d better explain, to start with, who I am. My father, Ebenezer Farr, was Simeon Lee’spartner in South Africa in the old days. I’m talking of over forty years ago.”,“My dad talked to me a lot about Simeon Lee—what a personality he was. He and Dadcleaned up a good bit together. Simeon Lee went home with a fortune and my father didn’t dobadly either. My father always told me that when I came to this country I was to look up Mr. Lee.,I said once that it was a long time ago and that he’d probably not know who I was, but Dad scoffedat the idea. He said, ‘When two men have been through what Simeon and I went through, theydon’t forget.’ Well, my father died a couple of years ago. This year I came over to England for thefirst time, and I thought I’d act on Dad’s advice and look up Mr. Lee. ”,With a slight smile he went on:,“I was just a little nervous when I came along here, but I needn’t have been. Mr. Lee gave mea warm welcome and absolutely insisted that I should stay with the family over Christmas. I wasafraid I was butting ² in, but he wouldn’t hear of a refusal.
”,He added rather shyly:,Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。,When they were talking Mary kept butting in. 当他们在谈话时，玛丽老是插嘴 。