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The Lodger

CHAPTER IX
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"There's no such thing as justice here in England.
'Tis odds on the murderer every time.

'Tisn't one in ten that come to the end he should do--to the gallows, that is." "And what d'you think about what's going on now--I mean about those Avenger murders ?" Bunting lowered his voice, but Daisy and Chandler were already moving towards the door.
"I don't believe he'll ever be caught," said the other confidentially.

"In some ways 'tis a lot more of a job to catch a madman than 'tis to run down just an ordinary criminal.

And, of course--leastways to my thinking--The Avenger is a madman--one of the cunning, quiet sort.

Have you heard about the letter ?" his voice dropped lower.
"No," said Bunting, staring eagerly at him.


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