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And Peter hung up the receiver , undressed and went to bed . It had been rather a full day for Peter . In spite of his perplexities , Peter slept soundly and was only awakened by the jangling of the telephone bell . But Peter wanted to do a little thinking before he saw McGuire , and he wanted to ask the housekeeper a few questions , so he told McGuire that he would see him before ten o'clock . The curious part of the telephone conversation was that McGuire made no mention of the shooting . `` H-m , '' said Peter to himself as he hung up , `` going to ignore that trifling incident altogether , is he ? Well , we 'll see about that .