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Moreover , they feared that Langdon 's revolt would bring unpleasant newspaper publicity to their operations . `` There 's only one course to pursue , Stevens , '' snapped Peabody as they took off their overcoats . `` That is to be prepared as best we can for the very worst and meet it in some way yet to be determined . But first we must try to figure out what Langdon is going to do -- what it can be that he says he will tell us to-morrow at 12:30 if we appear . He must have something very startling up his sleeve if he makes good his assertions . I ca n't see how -- '' `` Nor I , '' frowned Stevens , `` and my political eyesight is far better than that fool Langdon 's . Under ordinary circumstances we could let him go ahead with his minority report for Gulf City , but as things stand he 'll have every newspaper reporter in Washington buzzing around and asking impertinent questions -- '' `` Yes , and you and I would have to go to Paris to live with our life insurance friends from New York , would n't we ? ''