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第530章 MR. MARMADUKE AND THE MINISTER.(29)

"When he went away in the daytime, he told me he had business in the City. Since he took to going out at night, he says he goes to his club.""Have you asked where his club is, my dear?"

"He says it's in Pall Mall. There are dozens of clubs in that street--and he has never told me the name of _his_ club. I am completely shut out of his confidence. Would you believe it, father? he has not introduced one of his friends to me since we came home. I doubt if they know where he lives, since he took this house."What could I say?