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And all this is awkward because the Ambassador in Lisbon

is also Sir Ronald Campbell, and one is therefore provided with endless material for farce or drama. Will the one be arrested by suspicious police—and the police in so international a city as Lisbon has become must be unusually suspicious—for impersonating the other? One can devise strange dialogues, such as : " Sir Ronald, Sir Ronald is on the telephone." " Don't repeat yourself, man, and can't you see I'm nowhere near the telephone?" I imagine Sir Ronald Junior will be glad to leave for London and Sir Ronald Senior will be glad to see him go.

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