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`` I 've been thinking of what I would do if an important case ever called me away . Burke 's proposal hurried me , that 's all . And you are going , also , '' he added . `` You have until noon to break the news to the Star . '' I did not say anything more , fearful lest he might change his mind . I knew he needed the rest , and that no matter what the case was in the islands he could not work as hard as he was doing in New York . Accordingly my own arrangements with the Star were easily made .