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Julius would have enjoyed scheming involvedly , but Waldron had been too peremptory about that to allow of a particle of intrigue . So , before he slept , he sent his sister a special-delivery letter knowing she would receive it in the morning . It stated , after describing the situation to her -LRB- with a few private and characteristic touches of his own -RRB- , that he would call her up by telephone to receive her reply , and that he would go through the city on a certain afternoon train on which she was to join him . This plan would give the pair time for a leisurely dinner in Boston before meeting Waldron upon the ten o'clock train . When he had Dorothy on the wire next morning he was not surprised that her first words were these : `` Julius -- is it surely Julius ? Well -- I do n't see how I can go ! '' `` Why not ?