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`` Could n't be better , '' said Cleek . `` Then ` Jim Rickaby ' let it be . You 'll get a letter from him first thing in the morning saying that he 's back in England , and about to run down and spend the week-end with you . At noon he will arrive , accompanied by his Borneo servant , named -- er -- Dollops . You can put the ` blackie ' up in some quarter of the house where he can move about at will without disturbing any of your own servants , and can get in and out at all hours ; he will be useful , you know , in prowling about the grounds at night and ascertaining if the lady really does go to bed when she retires to her room . As for ` Jim Rickaby ' himself -- well , you can pave the way for his operations by informing your father , when you get the letter , that he has gone daft on the subject of old china and curios and things of that sort , do n't you know . '' `` What a ripping idea ! ''