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He had sent them all sorts of information when we were in Paris, and, of course, as things are now, they were still more anxious to get hold of anything about the English army or navy." She paused. "What they specially wanted were the plans of the Lyndon-Marwood torpedo." "Yes," I said. "I dare say they did. A lot of people have wanted them, but unfortunately they're not for sale."
"Shielding a runaway convict is an indictable offence to say nothing of altering his appearance. As for the money" he made a little gesture of contempt "well, do you think it would pay us to cheat you? There is always the chance that a gentleman who can invent things like this explosive and the Lyndon-Marwood torpedo may have other equally satisfactory notions." "Very well," I said quietly.
In my day we had always been pretty careful about what we left at the office, and any really important plans such as those of the Lyndon-Marwood torpedo were invariably kept at the safe deposit across the street. From George and the office my thoughts drifted away over the whole of that crowded time referred to in the paper.
George Marwood, and between them the two young inventors met with early and remarkable success. Their greatest achievement was of course the construction of the Lyndon-Marwood automatic torpedo, which was taken up four years ago, after exhaustive tests, by the British Government. Lyndon is a man of exceptionally powerful physique.
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