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“
Send
out
invitations
?
”
repeated
Annixter
uneasily
.
“
Why
must
I
?
”
“
Because
that
’
s
the
only
way
to
do
.
”
“
It
is
,
is
it
?
”
answered
Annixter
,
perplexed
and
troubled
.
No
other
man
of
his
acquaintance
could
have
so
contradicted
Annixter
without
provoking
a
quarrel
upon
the
instant
.
Why
the
young
rancher
,
irascible
,
obstinate
,
belligerent
,
should
invariably
defer
to
the
poet
,
was
an
inconsistency
never
to
be
explained
.
It
was
with
great
surprise
that
Mrs
.
Derrick
heard
him
continue
:
“
Well
,
I
suppose
you
know
what
you
’
re
talking
about
,
Pres
.
Must
have
written
invites
,
hey
?
”
“
Of
course
.
”
“
Typewritten
?
”
“
Why
,
what
an
ass
you
are
,
Buck
,
”
observed
Presley
calmly
.
“
Before
you
get
through
with
it
,
you
will
probably
insult
three
-
fourths
of
the
people
you
intend
to
invite
,
and
have
about
a
hundred
quarrels
on
your
hands
,
and
a
lawsuit
or
two
.
”
However
,
before
Annixter
could
reply
,
Magnus
came
out
on
the
porch
,
erect
,
grave
,
freshly
shaven
.
Without
realising
what
he
was
doing
,
Annixter
instinctively
rose
to
his
feet
.
It
was
as
though
Magnus
was
a
commander
-
in
-
chief
of
an
unseen
army
,
and
he
a
subaltern
.
There
was
some
little
conversation
as
to
the
proposed
dance
,
and
then
Annixter
found
an
excuse
for
drawing
the
Governor
aside
.
Mrs
.
Derrick
watched
the
two
with
eyes
full
of
poignant
anxiety
,
as
they
slowly
paced
the
length
of
the
gravel
driveway
to
the
road
gate
,
and
stood
there
,
leaning
upon
it
,
talking
earnestly
;
Magnus
tall
,
thin
-
lipped
,
impassive
,
one
hand
in
the
breast
of
his
frock
coat
,
his
head
bare
,
his
keen
,
blue
eyes
fixed
upon
Annixter
’
s
face
.
Annixter
came
at
once
to
the
main
point
.
“
I
got
a
wire
from
Osterman
this
morning
,
Governor
,
and
,
well
—
we
’
ve
got
Disbrow
.
That
means
that
the
Denver
,
Pueblo
and
Mojave
is
back
of
us
.
There
’
s
half
the
fight
won
,
first
off
.
”
