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you 've forgotten me ! '' That night he went alone to a theater , walked back through the crowds to the club , and went immediately to bed . He was grateful to find himself suddenly very tired . The next morning he rose late and did not leave his room until noon , when he went down to a solitary lunch . After lunch he stopped at the clerk 's window and inquired about one or two old members . The clerk looked up the names . After a good deal of inquiry and fussing about , he ascertained that one of the gentlemen was in China , one was dead , and a third about whom Ayling also inquired could not be traced at all .