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Arturo Rubinstein in order to pracise for a concert instructed his butler Francois not to let in any caller; he was to tell the caller that he was not at home. When the telephone rang Francois dutifully answered the woman at the other end as was instructed with the crashing chords of the maestro coming [...]
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Those Who Serve etc.,
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