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'Well, it's an interesting time. And I thought it would please Pop.'
'Is he interested in social reform, then?'
'No, but he hates kings.'
'Carradine the Third?'
'Yes, it's a laugh, isn't it. I wouldn't put it past him to have a crown in one of his safe-deposit boxes. I bet he takes Out the parcel every now and then and sneaks over to Grand Central and tries it, one in the men's washroom. I'm afraid I'm tiring you, Mr Grant; gabbing on about my own affairs like this. I didn't come for that. I came to -.
'Whatever you came for, you're manna straight from heaven. So relax, if you're not in a hurry.'
'I'm never in a hurry,' the young man said, unfolding his legs and laying them out in front of him. As he did it his feet, at the far extremity of his long limbs, touched the bedside table and shook the portrait of Richard III from its precarious position, so that it dropped to the floor.
'Oh, pardon me! That was careless of me. I haven't really got used to the length of my legs yet. You'd think a fellow would be used to his growth by twenty-two, wouldn't you.' He picked up the photograph, dusted it carefully with the cuff of his sleeve, and looked at it with interest. 'Richardus III. Ang. Rex', he read aloud,
'You're the first person to have noticed that backgro
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