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You probably know , and if you do n't I 'll have to take your number . '' And peace being in this way restored , the two disappeared together into the darkness to break the law . Van Bibber told Travers about it the next morning , and Travers forgot he was not to mention it , and told the next man he met . By one o'clock the story had grown in his telling , and Van Bibber 's reputation had grown with it . Travers found three men breakfasting together at the club , and drew up a chair . `` Have you heard the joke Van Bibber 's got on me ? '' he asked , sadly , by way of introduction .