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Had he , for instance , let fall any opinions , prognostications on the political and financial situation ? Dickinson and Scherer were the only other men in the city who had the honour of a personal acquaintance with him , and Scherer was away , abroad , gathering furniture and pictures for the house in New York Nancy had predicted , and which he had already begun to build ! With Dickinson I lunched in private , in order to give him a detailed account of the conference . By five o'clock I was ringing the door-bell of Nancy 's new mansion on Grant Avenue . It was several blocks below my own . `` Well , how does it feel to be sent for by the great sultan ? '' she asked , as I stood before her fire .