TenminuteslaterG。SeldenwaswalkingdownFifthAvenue，wonderingiftherewasanychanceofhisbeingarrestedbyapolicemanuponthechargethathewasreeling，insteadofwalkingsteadily。Hehopedheshouldgetbacktothehallbedroomsafely。NickBaumgartenandJemBolterboth\"roomed\"inthehousewithhim。Hecouldtellthemboth。ItwasJemwhohadmadeuptheyarnaboutoneofthemsavingReubenS。Vanderpoel’slife。Therehadbeennolife—saving，butthethinghadcometrue。
\"But，ifithadn’tbeenforLordMountDunstan，\"hesaid，thinkingitoverexcitedly，\"IshouldneverhaveseenMissVanderpoel，and，ifithadn’tbeenforMissVanderpoel，IshouldneverhavegotnexttoReubenS。inmylife。BothsidesoftheAtlanticOceangotbusytodoagoodturntoLittleWillie。Hullygee！\"
InhisstudyMr。VanderpoelwasrereadingBetty’sletters。
HefeltthathehadgainedacertainknowledgeofLordMountDunstan。
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