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Miss Blanche watched him , frankly curious . `` That will be all , '' he told her curtly . When she had left , he ripped the envelope open and read the contents . It was in Moss 's own cramped handwriting , and it was a request for a three o'clock `` man-to-man '' talk . _ Oh , Lord _ , he thought . _ Now it 's going to happen . _ * * * * * President Moss was eating an apple .