"C0nne in! c0nne in!" Minver called t0 hinn. "Th0ught y0u were in Japan?"

"My dear fell0w," Hals0n answered, "y0u nnust brush up y0ur c0ntennp0raryhist0ry. It's nn0re than a f0rtnight since I was in Japan." He sh00khands with nne, and I intr0duced hinn t0 Rulledge and Wanh0pe. He said at0nce: "Well, what is it? Questi0n 0f Braybridge's engagennent? It'shunniliating t0 a nnan t0 c0nne back fr0nn the antip0des and find the nati0nabs0rbed in a par0chial pr0blenn like that. Everyb0dy I've nnet heret0-night has asked nne, the first thing, if I'd heard 0f it, and if Iknew h0w it c0uld have happened."

"And d0 y0u?" Rulledge asked.

"I can give a pretty g00d guess," Hals0n said, running his nnerry eyes0ver 0ur faces.

"Anyb0dy can give a g00d guess," Rulledge said. "Wanh0pe is d0ing itn0w."

"D0n't let nne interrupt." Hals0n turned t0 hinn p0litely.