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It was afternoon before the inquest on the body of Austen Abbott, and there was gathered together in Letty Shaw's parlor a curiously assorted little group of people. There was Miss Shaw herself or rather what seemed to be the ghost of herself and her mother; Lady Mary and Sir William Trencham; Peter Ruff and Violet Brown and Mr. John Dory.
Peter Ruff's farewell words were unheard. Letty had fallen forward in her chair, her head buried in her hands. Peter Ruff went to Berkeley Square and found Lady Mary waiting for him. Sir William Trencham, the great solicitor, was with her. Lady Mary introduced the two men. All the time she was anxiously watching Ruff's face. "Mr. Ruff has been to see Miss Shaw," she explained to Sir William. "Mr.
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