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Here was evidence and he realized now it was n't something he would be wise to tackle alone . A few weeks ' work by a half dozen operatives and the entire publisher-reader organization would be spotted and ready for one unified move . Local authorities were subject to local loyalties and one leak could scare off the whole organization . He could be back in Washington before noon , which would give him a full day and a half of free time , of June time . To say nothing of the nights . Why should he hang around this whistle stop for a wasted week-end , holding kitchen conversations with the unmighty living ? But that Martha , that lovely , that proud and knowing gal ... .