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It was at this point that the door of the inspector's roo, walked in Bray chuckled at sight of

the ood entrance! Thisyou associated with me in the

search for the captain's er--"

"I re hat"

"Precisely," said Bray "You wagered that you, and not I, would discover

the guilty man Well, Colonel, you owe me a scarab Lieutenant Norman

Fraser-Freer has just told me that he killed his brother, and I was on

the point of taking down his full confession"

"Indeed!" replied Hughes cal! But

before we consider the wager lost--before you force the lieutenant to

confess in full--I should like the floor"

"Certainly," sh to let hes, "I told you I conteht that lady to Scotland Yard with me" He stepped to the

door, opened it and beckoned A tall, blonde handsome woman of about

thirty-five entered; and instantly to my nostrils came the pronounced

odor of lilacs "Allow me, Inspector," went on the colonel, "to

introduce to you the Countess Sophie de Graf, late of Berlin, late of

Delhi and Rangoon, now of 17 Leitrim Grove, Battersea Park Road"