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Anatole Labergerie is the full name." Some conversation followed.

The others could hear the peculiar rasping sound of a voice otherwise undistinguishable, but it was evident that the police captain was greatly puzzled.

At last he beckoned to Curtis.
"You're wanted," he said laconically.
Curtis went to the instrument, and Steingall's rather amused tone was soon explicable.
"There's a screw loose, somewhere," he said.