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I had never known of the hiding-place, but a glance into it revealed only a bottle of red ink and the manuscript of a sermon on missions. Standing in the disorder of the room, I told Willie about the telephone-message. He listened attentively, and at first skeptically. "Probably a ruse to get us out of the house, but coming a trifle late to be useful," was his comment.
"I want them to take supper with us, that is all; and then I want a few moments' conversation with Jack, while you talk with Sally." They were driven to the Breslin, and the telephone-message was sent. Duncan waited for a reply, and received one, to the effect that Mr. and Mrs. Gardner would come at once.
A telephone-message come from our Colonel to say Brice's men was bad with rheumatism and dysentery but Brice is all right an' fit, Sir and" the pale eyes pleaded out of the brickdust-coloured face "I'd like the charnce o' gettin' nearer to the enemy, Sir an' that's the truth." Beauvayse conceded. "Very well.
Acting on your instructions, your brother dashed off by motor to Le Havre to reach the bank before four o'clock. I may as well tell you that he will not have cashed the cheque, for I had a telephone-message sent to the bank to announce the murder of M. d'Ormeval, which stops all payments.
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