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Quisanté glanced at her and did not ask her why . Meanwhile , however , the other side had got hold of No. 77 , and Smiley , the agent , a very clever fellow , wired up to the Temple for young Terence McPhair , who had an acquaintance with the subject . Young Terence , who possessed a ready tongue and no briefs to use it on , made fine play with No. 77 ; accusations of misrepresentation , ignorant he hoped , fraudulent he feared , flew about thick as snowflakes . The next morning Japhet was round at the Committee Room by ten o'clock . Foster was there , and a boy came up to the Bull with a message asking if Mr. Quisanté could make it convenient to step round . It was a bad morning with Quisanté ; his head ached , his heart throbbed , and his stomach was sadly out of gear ; he had taken up a report of young Terence 's speech , and read it in gloomy silence while the others breakfasted . There was to be a great meeting that night , and they had hoped that he would reserve what strength he had for it .