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Mary remained in the hall with Manderton while Robin and the Dutch detective went over the house. There was no trace either of Marbran or of the chauffeur. In the two bedrooms which showed signs of occupation the beds had been made up, but the ward-robes were empty. "Marbran's made a bolt for it," said Robin, coming into the office where he had left the Chief, "and taken everything with him ..."
"Jeekes was pretty 'cute," he said. "Before letting the girl know he was in Rotterdam, he wanted to find out what she wanted here and whom she knew. Remember, he had no means of knowing if the girl suspected him or not ..." "So he devised this trick of impersonating Mr. Schulz on the telephone, eh?" "Bah!" broke in the Chief; "I bet that was Marbran's idea.
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