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`` Hard telling , '' he answered . `` He went out a while ago with Mr. Rock and one of the real estate men in this office to look at a piece of property . Have n't seen Joe back since so I suppose they 're still out . '' When Gregory arrived at the cannery it lacked ten minutes of being four o'clock . Hurrying to the office the party from the _ Richard _ encountered McCoy talking with a well-dressed stranger . `` Here 's Mr. Gregory now , '' exclaimed the house-manager running over to meet his employer . `` What luck ? ''