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`` It is , '' said her companion with a laugh . `` You see , he 's highly eligible from our point of view , but at the same time he 's apparently invulnerable . I believe , '' she added drily , `` that 's the right word , too . '' Then the Swedish housekeeper appeared again , and they talked with her until she retired to bring the six o'clock supper . Soon after it was laid out Wyllard and the men came in . He was attired as when Agatha had last seen him , except that he had evidently brushed himself and put on a store jacket . He led his guests to the head of the long table , but the men -- and there were a number of them -- sat below , and had evidently no diffidence about addressing question or comment to their employer .