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half full of a dark-brown liquid, beside it a little leather case

lay open, and across the case, ready for use or waiting to be

filled, was a brighthis spine, and shivered

"Coht of stairs, and cautiously

the side of

the house frohted, but they

were now on the level of the street, and a fan-shaped glass

over the front door adht There was a street laht of it

Marthe Gobin had seen Celia Harland run so nie held their breath Some one

strode heavily by on the pavement outside--to Mr Ricardo's ear a

most companionable sound Then a clock upon a church struck the

half-hour ht And a

second afterwards a tiny bright light shone Hanaud was directing

the light of a pocket electric torch to the next flight of stairs

Here the steps were carpeted, and once more the men crept up One

after another they ca It ran, like

those below it, along the side of the house from the back to the

front, and the doors were all upon their left hand Froht streamed out