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A Lost Leader by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
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Borrowdean sank into the chair which Berenice had indicated, with a
little sigh of relief.

"These all-night sittings," he remarked, "get less of a joke as one
advances in years. You read the reports this morning?"

She nodded.

"And Mannering's speech?"

"Every word of it."

"Our little conspiracy," he continued, "is bearing fruit. Honestly,
Mannering is a surprise, even to me. After these years of rust I scarcely
expected him to step back at once into all his former brilliancy. His
speech last night was wonderful."

"I heard it," she said. "You are quite right. It was wonderful."

"You were in the House?" he asked, looking up quickly.

"I was there till midnight," she answered.

Borrowdean was thoughtful for a moment.

"His speech," he remarked, "sounded even better than it read."

"I thought so," she admitted. "He has all the smaller tricks of the
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