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SOME EXCELLENT ADVICE.
Tavernake, in response to a somewhat urgent message, walked into his solicitor's office almost as soon as they opened on the following morning.

The junior partner of the firm, who took an interest in him, and was anxious, indeed, to invest a small amount in the Marston Rise Building Company, received him cordially but with some concern.
"Look here, Tavernake," he said, "I thought I'd better write a line and ask you to come down.

You haven't forgotten, have you, that our option of purchase lasts only three days longer ?" Tavernake nodded.
"Well, what of it ?" he asked.
"It's just as well that you should understand the situation," the lawyer continued.

"Your old people are hard upon our heels in this matter, and there will be no chance of any extension--not even for an hour.