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`` We may get an answer or two to-morrow . I think we shall . But cooks are few and far between . '' `` They wo n't be few and they 'll be anything but far between by twelve o'clock . '' He tapped the provocative paragraph with an accusing finger . `` This is a direct incitement to repair to 7 , Cholmondeley Street , or as near thereto as possible -- '' `` I wish to goodness we had n't put it in , '' said Daphne . `` It 's done now , '' said her husband , `` and we 'd better get ready .