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"And what else do we know?" asked Ricardo

"This," said Hanaud He paused i up your chair

to the table, M Wether"; and he waited until Harry Wetherhed in a friendly way at himself

"I cannot help it," he said; "I have an eye for dramatic effects

IAnd one, I

tell you, is co now"

He shook his finger at his companions Ricardo shifted and

shuffled in his chair Harry Wethermill kept his eyes fixed on

Hanaud's face, but he was quiet, as he had been throughout the

long inquiry

Hanaud lit a cigarette and took his time

"What I think is this The man who drove the car into Geneva drove

it back, because--he e of the

Villa Rose"

"Good heavens!" cried Ricardo, flinging himself back The theory

so calmly enunciated took his breath away

"Would he have dared?" asked Harry Wetherers on the table to

eh this cri; clever brains and extraordinary daring Would he have

dared? He dared to be at the corner close to the Villa Rose at

daylight Why else should he have returned except to put back the

car? Consider! The petrol is taken froht

never have touched for a fortnight, and by that tiotten whether he had not used them himself I

had this possibility in my mind when I put the questions to

Servettaz about the petrol which the Coht so

stupid The utmost care is taken that there shall be no e The scrap of chiffon was torn off,

no doubt, when the women finally left the car, and therefore not