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The C.P.A. 's were slow in completing their report . At noon on Saturday it looked very much to Bince that there would be no report ready before Monday . He had spent most of the forenoon pacing his office , and at last , unable longer to stand the strain , he had announced that he was going out to his country club for a game of golf . He returned to his down-town club about dinner-time , and at eight o'clock he called up Elizabeth Compton . `` Come on up , '' said the girl . `` I 'm all alone this evening . Father went back to the office to examine some reports that were just finished up late this afternoon . ''