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Instead , he said aloud : `` He is just the man I needed . We are working finely together . You must be present when I tell him about the office ; he will be here this afternoon . I will detain him with some pretext or other till three o'clock . Could n't you be here then ? '' `` Oh yes , and I 'd like to bring my mother , Uncle John , and George . '' `` A good idea , '' Saunders said .