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The Black Box

CHAPTER VII
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He can't have got away yet." Quest drew off his coat, turned it inside out, and replaced it swiftly.

He coolly picked up a hat some one had lost in the crowd and pulled it over his eyes.

He passed within a few feet of where Craig and the Inspector were talking.
"He was hiding in the Servants' Club," Craig continued, "he had just threatened to shoot me when the fire broke out." "I'll send the word round," French declared.

"We'll have him found, right enough." For a single moment Quest hesitated.

He had a wild impulse to take Craig by the neck and throw him back into the burning house.


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