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surely I have the right to know.

What happened in the dining-room at one o'clock just now ?" She spoke in a whisper, trusting that in the general hubbub of the crowd her words would remain unheeded by all, save the man at her side.
"Quiet and peace reigned supreme, fair lady; at that hour I was asleep in one corner of one sofa and Sir Percy Blakeney in another." "Nobody came into the room at all ?" "Nobody." "Then we have failed, you and I ?" "Yes! we have failed--perhaps.

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." "But Armand ?" she pleaded.
"Ah! Armand St.Just's chances hang on a thread.