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The room upon the extre-rooht was the salon in which the lass door to this rooravel drive But the grass had been worn

away by constant use, and the black h This

strip was about three yards wide, and as they approached they saw,

even at a distance, that since the rain of last night it had been

trao round the house first," said Hanaud, and he turned

along the side of the villa and walked in the direction of the

road There were four s just above his head, of which three

lighted the salon, and the fourth a s-room behind it

Under these s there was no disturbance of the ground, and a

careful investigation showed conclusively that the only entrance

used had been the glass doors of the salon facing the drive To

that spot, then, they returned There were three sets of footmarks

upon the soil One set ran in a distinct curve from the drive to

the side of the door, and did not cross the others

"Those," said Hanaud, "are the footsteps of ent friend,

Perrichet, as careful not to disturb the ground"