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"He would surely have left it wide open," objected Ned. "Might have thought that too obvious," replied the lawyer, "or might have been afraid of the noise. Unsnibbing would be quite enough to suggest entry that way." Ned turned his keen eye hard on him. "What's your own theory then?" "I've none," grunted Simon. "No definite evidence one way or the other. Mere guesses are no use."
Gavin was roused presently by the sound of voices from Margaret's room, where Jean, who had now gathered much news, was giving it to her mistress. Jean's cheerfulness would have told him that her father was safe had he not wakened to thoughts of the Egyptian. I suppose he was at the window in an instant, unsnibbing the shutters and looking out as cautiously as a burglar might have looked in.
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