"Your leave is to be extended," he said.
"What ?" "_Ex_actly.

It has been extended one week." "How do you know that ?" "You applied for extension, did you not ?" "Yes," said Harren, turning red, "but I don't see how you knew that I--" "By cable ?" "Y-yes." "There's a cablegram in your rooms at this very moment," said the Tracer carelessly.

"You have the extension you desired.

And now, Captain Harren," with a singularly pleasant smile, "what can I do to help you to a pursuit of that true happiness which is guaranteed for all good citizens under our Constitution ?" Captain Harren crossed his long legs, dropping one knee over the other, and deliberately surveyed his interrogator.
"I really have no right to come to you," he said slowly.

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