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The Profiteers

CHAPTER XI
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Who are they, Sarah ?" "Josephine and Mr.Wingate," Sarah replied, with a covert glance at Phipps.
"Of course! And thank goodness, here they are! Together, too! If there's anything I love, it's to start one of my dinners with a scandal.
Josephine, did you bring Mr.Wingate or did he bring you ?" Josephine laughed.

Then she saw Phipps standing in the background and she raised her voice a little.
"Mr.Wingate called for me," she explained.

"Taxis are so scarce in our part of the world on Sunday nights, and when one does happen to know a man who makes enough money on Friday to buy a fleet of motor-cars on Saturday--" "My doing," Kendrick interrupted.

"I'm his broker.

Did you buy the Rolls-Royce, Wingate ?" "I brought it away with me, chauffeur and all." "The most delightful car I ever rode in," Josephine pronounced.
Phipps manoeuvred his way to her side.


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