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Witness For The Defence

CHAPTER XVIII
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I can't find it anywhere"; and he tossed his papers about as though he were punishing them.
Dick helped in the search, but beyond a stray copy or two of _The Prison Walls must Cast no Shadow_, there was no publication to be found at all.
"Wait a bit, father," said Dick suddenly.

"What is _Notes and Queries_ like?
The only notes and queries I read are contained in a pink paper.
They are very amusing but they do not deal with miniatures." Mr.Hazlewood described the appearance of the little magazine.
"Well, that's very extraordinary," said Dick, "for Aunt Margaret took it away last night." Mr.Hazlewood looked at his son in blank astonishment.
"Are you sure, Richard ?" "I saw it in her hand as she stepped into her carriage." Mr.Hazlewood banged his fist upon the table.
"It's extremely annoying of Margaret," he exclaimed.

"She takes no interest in such matters.

She is not, if I may use the word, a virtuoso.
She did it solely to annoy me." "Well, I wonder," said Dick.

He looked at his watch.


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