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"Not care about him!" he continued. "It didn't surprise me, for my own feeling, the instant I set eyes on[78] the fellow, was one of violent, instinctive dislike that amounted to loathing. NOT CARE ABOUT HIM HE CONTINUED IT DIDN'T SURPRISE ME FOR MY OWN FEELING THE INSTANT I SET EYES ON THE FELLOW WAS ONE OF VIOLENT INSTINCTIVE DISLIKE THAT AMOUNTED TO LOATHING
 point of the entrķe, to be exact. “Up to that point it was delicious, and we let ourselves go, I can tell you. We had ordered the very wine we had planned months before when we were snow-bound and half starving in the mountains.” He smacked his lips as he mentioned it. “I was just starting on a beautifully cooked grouse,” he went on, “when a figure went by our table, and Jack looked up and nodded. The two exchanged a brief word of greeting and explanation, and the other man passed on. Evidently they knew each other just enough to make a word or two necessary, but enough. “‘Who’s that?’ I asked. “‘A new member, named Hazel,’ Jack told me. ‘A great shot.’ He knew him slightly, he explained; he had once been a client of his—Jack was a barrister, you remember—and had defended him in some financial case or other. Rather an unpleasant case, he added. Jack did not ‘care about’ the fellow, he told me, as he went on with his tender wing of grouse.” Ericssen paused to relight his pipe a moment. R WELL WE HAD IT AND ENJOYED IT UP TO A POINT THE POINT OF THE ENTREE TO BE EXACT UP TO THAT POINT IT WAS DELICIOUS AND WE LET OURSELVES GO I CAN TELL YOU WE HAD ORDERED THE VERY WINE WE HAD PLANNED MONTHS BEFORE WHEN WE WERE SNOWBOUND AND HALF STARVING IN THE MOUNTAINS HE SMACKED HIS LIPS AS HE MENTIONED IT I WAS JUST STARTING ON A BEAUTIFULLY COOKED GROUSE HE WENT ON WHEN A FIGURE WENT BY OUR TABLE AND JACK LOOKED UP AND NODDED THE TWO EXCHANGED A BRIEF WORD OF GREETING AND EXPLANATION AND THE OTHER MAN PASSED ON EVIDENTLY THEY KNEW EACH OTHER JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE A WORD OR TWO NECESSARY BUT ENOUGH WHO'S THAT I ASKED A NEW MEMBER NAMED HAZEL JACK TOLD ME A GREAT SHOT HE KNEW HIM SLIGHTLY HE EXPLAINED HE HAD ONCE BEEN A CLIENT OF HIS JACK WAS A BARRISTER YOU REMEMBER AND HAD DEFENDED HIM IN SOME FINANCIAL CASE OR OTHER RATHER AN UNPLEASANT CASE HE ADDED JACK DID NOT CARE ABOUT THE FELLOW HE TOLD ME AS HE WENT ON WITH HIS TENDER WING OF GROUSE ERICSSON PAUSED TO RELATE HIS PIPE A MOMENT
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