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"Thus the identity of the body is established beyond all doubt, and the question that reham? It may be remembered that a trinket, apparently broken frorounds of this house on the day that he disappeared, and that he was never again seen alive What may be the import of these facts tih I dropped the paper to the ground and glanced round furtively at Jervis, who sat gazing gloomily at the toes of his boots It was horrible; It was incredible! The bloas so crushing that it left my faculties nuibly

I was aroused by Thorndyke's voice--calm, business-like, coo warily And don't be unduly alarood dose of bromide with a little stimulant, and turn in I am afraid this has been rather a shock to you"

I rose from my chair like one in a dreaht and in my dazed condition I noticed that his face bore a look that I had never seen before: the look of a granite rim, stern, inexorable

My two friends walked with ateway at the top of Inner Te quickly up the Lane, overtook and passed us In the glare of the lae he looked at us quickly over his shoulder, and though he passed on without halt or greeting, I recognised him with a certain dull surprise which I did not understand then and do not understand now It was Mr Jellicoe

I shook hands once more with my friends and strode out into Fleet Street, but as soon as I was outside the gate I made direct for Nevill's Court What was in my mind I do not know; only that some instinct of protection led me there, whereover her At the entrance to the court a tall, powerful ainst the wall, and he seemed to look at me curiously as I passed; but I hardly noticed hiateway of the house I halted and looked up at such of the s as I could see over the wall They were all dark All the inuely comforted by this, I walked on to the New Street end of the court and looked out Here, too, a ; and, as he looked inquisitively intoate of the house I stopped to look up once , I found the man whom I had last noticed close behind me Then, in a flash of dreadful comprehension, I understood These two men were plain-clothes policemen