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In Zurich in September Doctor Diver had tea with Baby
Warren.
‘I think it’s ill advised,’ she said, ‘I’m not sure I truly un-
derstand your motives.’
‘Don’t let’s be unpleasant.’
‘After all I’m Nicole’s sister.’
‘That doesn’t give you the right to be unpleasant.’ It irri-
tated Dick that he knew so much that he could not tell her.
‘Nicole’s rich, but that doesn’t make me an adventurer.’
‘That’s just it,’ complained Baby stubbornly. ‘Nicole’s
rich.’
‘Just how much money has she got?’ he asked.
She started; and with a silent laugh he continued, ‘You
see how silly this is? I’d rather talk to some man in your
family—‘
‘Everything’s been left to me,’ she persisted. ‘It isn’t we
think you’re an adventurer. We don’t know who you are.’
‘I’m a doctor of medicine,’ he said. ‘My father is a clergy-
man, now retired. We lived in Buffalo and my past is open
to investigation. I went to New Haven; afterward I was a
Rhodes scholar. My great-grandfather was Governor of
North Carolina and I’m a direct descendant of Mad Antho-
ny Wayne.’
‘Who was Mad Anthony Wayne?’ Baby asked suspi-

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