The butler tried to smooth things over. "I heard he went to a competitor's movie theater, probably doing market research."

"What kind of market research does he need to do personally? There are all kinds of dangers in public places. He didn't bring his men with him. If there's an accident, who's going to take the blame?" Albert was so angry that he widened his eyes. He paused for a moment before adding rather unsatisfactorily, "He even went with that secretary!"

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