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Half fearful of what I should hear, I went to the adjoining room and took up the receiver. Presently: "Hullo! Is that Mr. Addison?" came Gatton's voice. "Yes, speaking. What developments, Gatton?" "Several. I've got the report of the estate-agent and I've seen the stage-doorkeeper of the New Avenue!
Twenty-five francs for a gold locket, ten francs for a bouquet, another ten for bonbons, and five for gratuities to the stage-doorkeeper! Make the calculation, my good Sir, and see what I had left. If it had not been for the five francs which I had found in Theodore's pocket last night, I would at this moment not only have been breakfastless, but also absolutely penniless.
Little did Gatton realize that his words were barbed, when, as we descended to the street, he said: "I have a call to make at Scotland Yard next, after which my first visit will be to the stage-doorkeeper of the New Avenue Theater." "Can I be of further assistance to you at the moment?" I asked, endeavoring to speak casually. "Thanks, no.
Tavernake left his place and walked around to the back of the hall. Presently the manager came out to him. "I am sorry to trouble you, sir," Tavernake said, "but I heard your announcement just now from the front. Can you give me the address of Professor Franklin? I am a friend, and I should like to go and see them." The manager pointed to the stage-doorkeeper.
I demanded. "Well," said he, "I don't know what account Miss Merlin gave to you of her relations with Sir Marcus " "Relations!" I said hotly, "the man was a mere acquaintance; she hadn't even seen him, except from the stage, for some months past." "Oh," replied Gatton, "is that so?" He looked at me very queerly. "It doesn't seem to dovetail with the evidence of the stage-doorkeeper."
I felt myself changing color, and: "What, then, does the stage-doorkeeper assert?" I asked. Gatton continued to look at me in that perplexed way, and believing that I detected the trend of his reflections: "Look here, Inspector," I said, "let us understand one another. Whatever may be the evidence of stage-doorkeepers and others, upon one point you can be assured.
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