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I am not likely to forget very soon the mystery of the changing lights." He paused, and Mrs. Morton spoke up eagerly. "Give me Mr. Duvall's address," she said, "and I will see him at once." "That," Mr. Stapleton smiled, "is, of course, the great difficulty. Duvall, who is married, lives with his wife on their farm near Washington.
Dufrenne was superintending the placing of Duvall's portmanteau, which had arrived from Paris in response to a hasty wire from him that morning. He had been without a change of linen since the day before, and the arrival of his baggage was gratifying. He informed Lablanche of his plans. "I shall dine at the United States Minister's," he informed them, "as Mr. Brooks.
Brooks," said the doctor, suavely, as he sat down in the forward seat, his right hand still grasping Duvall's wrist, "that you will not mind taking me home with you. It is a long walk, and I fear there are no other taxicabs in sight." Duvall looked at him sternly, then attempted to draw away his hand. "What do you mean, monsieur," he asked, harshly, "by detaining me in this manner?"
I got those samples of the writing of the various typewriters, as you requested," Baker replied, "and I thought that instead of waiting until to-morrow, it would be better to bring them to you to-night." He took a sheaf of papers from his pocket. "There are thirty-two in all. What are you going to do with them?" He placed the papers in Duvall's hand.
Its typewritten message was brief but significant. "Only twenty-seven days more," it read. The grinning death's head seal seemed to Duvall's astonished eyes even more terrifying than before. With a bound he reached the rear window, and swung himself upon the fire escape. There was no one in sight.
The sun was shining through the windows of Duvall's room when he awoke the next morning. For a brief space he was unable to recognize his surroundings, then the sequence of events came to him with a rush. He was conscious of a knocking at the door. He sprang up and opened it. Outside stood one of the men attendants whom he had seen the night before, with the portmanteau containing his clothes.
So far as Duvall would see, she had said nothing to those about her as to the cause of her sudden indisposition, and with the exception of the man who had been Duvall's guide, none of them had observed the opening of the package containing the photograph, nor its immediate effect upon her. The latter, however, whose name was Baker, came over to Duvall and addressed him.
"It frequently happens," the doctor remarked, as he pressed the syringe into the man's forearm and then withdrew it quickly. "There he'll soon be all right now. Just hold him there for a few moments longer, Mr. Brooks and he'll be sleeping like a child." Even as he spoke, the struggles of the man in Duvall's arms became less violent his efforts to cry out less vigorous.
This in itself at once attracted Duvall's attention, owing to the fact that the various letters received by Ruth Morton had also all been typewritten.
Hartmann, deliberately returned it to him last night, in order to secure your liberty and that of your wife. Is this true?" "Yes." Duvall's voice was calm, even, emotionless. "It is true." Lefevre recoiled as though he had received a blow. "Can you dare to come before me, and tell me such a thing as that?" "It was my fault, Monsieur Lefevre," cried Grace, going up to him.
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