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Then Melrose said slowly , as he rose from his chair : `` I have -- a rather important proposition to make to you . That fellow Undershaw would attack me if I began upon it now . Moreover , it will want a fresh mind . Will it suit you if I come to see you at eleven o'clock to-morrow ? '' On the following morning , Faversham , for the first time , dressed without assistance , and walked independently -- save for his stick -- into his sitting-room . The July day was rather chill and rainy and he decided to await Melrose indoors . As to the `` important proposal '' his mind was full of conjectures .