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There was a rack for note-paper upon the table, and froum or paste, and quickly," he said His voice had

becoone froments of paper to the round table

There he sat down and, with infinite patience, guether like the pieces of

a Chinese puzzle

The others over his shoulders could see spaced words, written in

pencil, taking shape as a sentence upon the card Hanaud turned

abruptly in his seat toward Wethermill

"You have, no doubt, a letter written by Mlle Celie?"

Wethermill took his letter-case from his pocket and a letter out

of the case He hesitated for a lanced over as

written The four sheets were covered He folded back the letter,

so that only the two inner sheets were visible, and handed it to

Hanaud Hanaud co upon the card

"Look!" he said at length, and the three ments of paper revealed a sentence: "Je ne sais pas"

"'I do not know,'" said Ricardo; "now this is very important"

Beside the card Celia's letter to Wethermill was laid

"What do you think?" asked Hanaud

Besnard, the Commissaire of Police, bent over Hanaud's shoulder

"There are strong reseuardedly

Ricardo was on the look-out for deep h for him; they were inadequate to the artistic needs of