He knew why he was so deeply angry: this situation had corrupted a fine young engineer, had lost him to the profession, while he, Drew, had hanky-panked with the enemy in the deluded belief that the conflict was not real.

Supposin' the chap ain't dead, but? Regan persisted.

This riddle was quite beyond Mrs. Piper, Uncle Jobson laughed vauntingly.

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