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His eyes were unable to detach themselves for a single moment from the very ordinary spectacle of Mr. Carrados's mildly benevolent face, while the sterilized ghost of his now forgotten amusement still lingered about his features. "Good heavens!" he managed to articulate, "how do you know?" "Isn't that what you wanted of me?" asked Carrados suavely. "Don't humbug, Max," said Carlyle severely.
Just a tinge of questioning surprise gave point to the courteous tone. "It will be fourpence. If there is an error the amount will be refunded." Carrados put down his coin and received his change. "Will it take long?" he inquired carelessly, as he pulled on his glove. "You will most likely get it within a quarter of an hour," she replied. "Now you've done it," commented Mr.
"But it is an important point for you to remember, Max, that although the signal cannot be seen from the box, if the mechanism had gone wrong, or anyone tampered with the arm, the automatic indicator would at once have told Mead that the green light was showing. Oh, I have gone very thoroughly into the technical points, I assure you." "I must do so too," commented Mr. Carrados gravely.
Carrados reflected and took his resolution. "To-day is Wednesday. I think you may hope to hear something from your general manager towards the middle of next week." "Good God, sir! You really mean that?" "In the interval show your good sense by behaving reasonably. Keep civilly to yourself and don't talk.
Carrados took out his watch and touched the fingers. "It is now three minutes to eleven. I received the photograph at twenty past eight." "Even then, an hour ago you assured me that you had done nothing." "Nor had I so far as result went. Until the keystone of the edifice was wrung from the manager in his room, I was as far away from demonstrable certainty as ever." "So am I as yet," hinted Mr.
"It was mentioned two or three times at the inquest, Louis," replied Carrados mildly. "And you remembered with no reason to?" "You can generally trust a blind man's memory, especially if he has taken the trouble to develop it." "Then you will remember that Hutchins did not make a very good impression at the time. He was surly and irritable under the ordeal.
"No," smiled Carrados. "It's quite right." "Then it's a funny business, sir you what are blind expecting to find something that those with their eyes couldn't," ruminated Hutchins sagely. "There are things that you can't see with your eyes, Hutchins." "Perhaps you are right, sir. Well, what is it you want to know?"
An Indian gentleman, I presume?" hazarded Carrados. It appeared that Mr. Ghoosh was an Indian. Miss Chubb confided that at first she had been rather perturbed at the idea of taking in "a black man," as she confessed to regarding him. She reiterated, however, that Mr. Ghoosh proved to be "quite the gentleman." Five minutes of affability put Carrados in full possession of Mr.
Occasionally he heard a whisper pass between the two men who stood behind the window curtains, but he could see nothing. Then Carrados threw a guarded remark in his direction. "He is in the garden now." Something scraped slightly against the outer wall.
"Very interesting," admitted Mr. Carlyle; "but at the risk of seeming obtuse" his manner had become delicately chastened "I must say that I fail to trace the inevitable connexion between Nina Brun and this particular forgery assuming that it is a forgery." "Set your mind at rest about that, Louis," replied Carrados.
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