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It ell, Mr Ricardo thought, that some one understood For

himself, he frankly admitted that he did not Indeed, in his view

the first principles of reasoning seeht It

was obvious from the solicitude hich Celia Harland was

surrounded that every one except himself was convinced of her

innocence Yet it was equally obvious that any one who bore in

ainst her uilty, how did it

happen that she had been so mishandled by her accomplices? He was

not allowed however, to reflect upon these remarkable problems He

had too busy a ti to fetch

water ith to bathe Celia's forehead At another, when he had

returned with the water, he was distracted by the appearance of

Durette, the inspector from Aix, in the doorway

"We have the in the garden"

"So I thought," said Hanaud, "when I saw the door open downstairs,

and the morphia-needle on the table"

Lemerre turned to one of the officers

"Let them be taken with old Jeanne in cabs to the depot"