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Updated: July 10, 2025

It was apparently satisfactory; for presently the inner door was unlocked, and the old woman returned, followed by a man whom we have seen before. It was Mr. Hobson in person; Ledantec really, as Hyde immediately saw, in spite of the smug, smooth exterior, the British-cut whiskers, and the unmistakable British garb. "Here is the patron," said the old woman; "tell him what you have to say."

Arthur Griffiths - The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood