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THE CLUE OF THE TWISTED CANDLE

Yard; it's quite a long time since we had anything new in this shape. Compressed air, I presume."

Kara nodded solemnly.

"Very ingenious indeed," said T. X. "If I had a brain like yours," he paused, "I should do something with it—with a gun," he added, as he passed out of the room.

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