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`` I do . Return it to No. 38 Redwood Boulevard , and no questions will be asked . Good-bye ! '' When Shirley reached home at noon , she found her car parked in front of the porte cochere ; and a brief note , left with the butler , informed her that after thinking the matter over , Mrs. Poundstone had decided the Poundstone family could not afford such an extravagance , and accordingly the car was returned with many thanks for the opportunity to purchase it at such a ridiculously low figure . Shirley smiled , and put the car up in the garage . When she returned to the house her maid Thelma informed her that Mr. Bryce Cardigan had been calling her on the telephone . So she called Bryce up at once .