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Those bulging brief-cases had apparently contained the dearest of his roving brother's possessions, judging from the way Rupert had fussed if they were a second out of his sight. "This morning when I came downstairs," Ricky continued, "he was sneaking them into that little side room off the dining-room corridor, the one which used to be the old plantation office.
The important gentlemen who devote themselves to sending people to jail and to preventing them from being sent to jail, appear with fat books under their arms and brief-cases in their hands. They have slept well and eaten well and have arrived at their tasks with clear heads containing arguments.
Val admitted to himself that he, too, was disappointed. After all well, treasure should be treasure. Rupert carried the portfolio into his bedroom and locked it in one of his mysterious brief-cases which had somehow found its way upstairs. The two chests they moved out farther into the hall and the trunk was placed back against the wall, ready for further investigation.
Dry-eyed now and clear-headed, he sat one winter afternoon against his chosen background the swarm and clutter of a law court. His brief-cases were packed. His law books had been bundled back to his office. He was waiting beside a vivid-faced young woman who sat twisting a tear-damp handkerchief in her hands.
It's somewhere in the Hall, and the secret " "See here," Val interrupted her, "what were you about to tell me when Rupert came in?" She put the handkerchief in the breast pocket of her sport dress, buttoning the flap over it. "Rupert's got a secret." "What kind?" "It has to do with those two brief-cases of his. You know, the ones he was so particular about all the way down here?" Val nodded.
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