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"But you had isolated the house in Geneva How could he have the

news?" exclai

"I had isolated the house from him, in the sense that he dared not

communicate with his accomplices That is what you have to

remember He could not even let them know that they raed the wording of any e with

the care which was used in all the preparations It ran like

this"--and Hanaud took a scrap of paper froraotiate purchase of your patent' The telegram was handed in at

Geneva station at 1245, five minutes after the train had left

which carried Marthe Gobin to Aix AndHippolyte Tace"--that we know"

"That was madness," said Ricardo

"But what else could they do over there in Geneva? They did not

know that Harry Wethermill was suspected Harry Wethermill had no

idea of it himself But, even if they had known, they must take

the risk Put yourself into their place for a moment They had

seen my advertisement about Celie Harland in the Geneva paper