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his poems back in his pocket and got up. A violent temptation assailed him to tell Indermaur that "Trixie" was the work of Archdeacon Roach. Just to see what Indermaur would say and do. But he was accustomed to repressing this particular temptation (which assailed him fifty times a day) and he repressed it now.
"I shall not pay you to produce my poems, Indermaur," he said, "if that's what you mean."
"Oh," said Mr. Indermaur persuasively, "don't let us talk about poems, Mr. Dunkle. Let us talk about the new great novel you're going to write for us. Shan't us?"
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Dunkle left the offices of Messrs. Capper and Ironsides in a very depressed state of mind. He had surely thought that Capper's
