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He opened his pocket-book, and took fro strand

of red hair

"But it was not only because she lied that I had her taken to the

depot A pot of cold cream had disappeared from the rooht"

"Perrichet after all was quite wrong--not to hold his tongue For

in that pot of cold creas which Mlle Celie habitually wore"

The two men had reached the square in front of the Etablissement

des Bains Ricardo dropped on to a bench and wiped his forehead

"But I am in a maze," he cried "My head turns round I don't knohere I a He was not displeased

with his companion's bewilderment; it was all so much of tribute

to himself

"I am the captain of the ship," he said

His smile irritated Ricardo, who spoke ilad," he said, "if you would tell s And what it was that the little salon

on the firsthad to tell to you? And why Celia Harland ran

froain

froe into the house on the lake? Why she did not

resist yesterday evening? Why she did not cry for help? How much

of Helene Vauquier's evidence was true and how much false? For

what reason Wethermill concerned his which I don't understand"