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"The young gentleman... the prisoner, when the young gentleman came rushing in, happened to be in the charge-room writing out a statement.... The young gentleman, before any one could stop him, rushed at this prisoner and caught him by the throat and threw him and the table over and banged the man's head against the floor, fair trying to kill him. They got the young gentleman off.
Foyle," was ushered by a chief detective-inspector down to the charge-room. Heldon Foyle rested his elbows on the table and remained in deep thought, immobile as a statue. He roused himself with a start as Green returned. "Both charged," said the other laconically. "The other chap refuses to give any account of himself. Refuses even to give a name. Seems to be a Yankee.
Mercifully' the Superintendent laid stress on the word, and I shall always, when I think of it, remember to thank him 'the most of 'em were blind. We laid 'em out on the floor of the charge-room, and with scarcely an exception, as I am credibly informed, they've come to, more or less. 'Kirris-vean? I saw Sir Felix's hands grip the arms of his chair.
The two passed into the charge-room, where Penny was in conversation with the superintendent of the division. In reply to a question, he thought for a little. "We've got eighteen men in all, sir," he answered. "It would have been fifty if we'd been able to bring our coup off at night." "Very well. Have 'em all in except Abramovitch and Keller.
In the centre of the charge-room and facing the sergeant's desk was a man of middle age, shabbily dressed, but bearing the indefinable air of one who had seen better days. By his side stood his captor, a station detective, a bored and apathetic man.
As he left the charge-room he beckoned the detective, and when they were together in the street Beale found that all the Parson's flippancy had departed. "I'm sorry I got you into that scrape," he said seriously. "I ought to have been unfrocked, but I was sentenced for my first crime under an assumed name. I was not attached to any church at the time and my identity has never been discovered. Mr.
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