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Every trick is easy when you work it backwards. But just think, Simmonds," he added, "what problems the police will have to face, if gloves like these become fashionable among cracksmen!" Simmonds groaned dismally. "You haven't told us yet how it's done," he said. I bit back a smile, for Simmonds's tone was that of pupil to master. "Well," said Godfrey, slowly, "it might be done in several ways.
The case had been placed in Simmonds's hands, and it was he who testified on behalf of the police, admitting candidly that they were all at sea. He had made a careful examination of the Vantine house, he said, particularly of the room in which the bodies had been found, and had discovered absolutely nothing in the shape of a clue to the solution of the mystery.
Without a word, he caught the torch from Simmonds's hand, and passed through the doorway. Simmonds followed, I went next, and the two other men came last, their torches also flaring. Three beams of light flashed about the library and showed it to be empty. One of them Godfrey's lingered on the high-backed chair, but this time it had no occupant.
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