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`` Will the business take long ? '' asked Hubert , handing the paper back . `` No , Mr. Maxwell ; and I must be gone in an hour in any case . I have to be at Rye at noon to-morrow ; and I must sleep at Mayfield to-night . '' `` At Rye , '' said Hubert , `` why I came from there yesterday . '' Lackington bowed again , as if he were quite aware of this ; but said nothing . `` Then I will sup here , '' went on Hubert , `` and we will talk meantime . ''