I 'll have to see Bronson . There 's no question about that . A man ought to keep an understood substitute on hand to send to dinners when he ca n't go . By Jove ! Elliott ! '' Clark 's Great Idea had arrived . He bounced up eagerly . `` Elliott , will you go to the Kennedys ' in my place ? They 'll never know the difference . Do , now -- there 's a good fellow ! '' `` Nonsense ! '' I said . `` It is n't nonsense . The resemblance between us was foreordained for this hour . I 'll lend you my dress suit -- it 'll fit you -- your figure is as much like mine as your face . You 've nothing to do with yourself this evening . I offer you a good dinner and an agreeable partner . Come now , to oblige me . You know you owe me a good turn for that Mulhenen business . '' The Mulhenen business clinched the matter .
Until he mentioned it I had no notion whatever of masquerading as Clark Oliver at the XXXXX ' dinner .
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