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`` It is , '' asserted Mrs. Hastings with a laugh . `` You see , he 's highly eligible from our point of view , but at the same time he 's apparently invulnerable . I believe , '' she added dryly , `` that 's the right word , too . '' The Swedish housekeeper appeared again and they talked with her until she went to bring in the six o'clock supper . Soon after the table was laid Wyllard and the men came in . Wyllard was attired as when Agatha had last seen him , except that he had put on a coat . He led his guests to the head of the long table , but the men -- there were a number of them -- sat below , and evidently had no diffidence about addressing question or comment to their employer .