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THE CLUE OF THE TWISTED CANDLE

"... Pinot got away after putting three bullets into me, but I dragged myself to the window and shot him dead—it was a real good shot ...!"

They rose to meet her and T. X. introduced her to the men. It was at that moment that John Lexman was announced.

He looked tired, but returned the Commissioner's greeting with a cheerful mien. He knew all the men present by name, as they knew him. He had a few sheets of notes, which he laid on the little table which had been placed for him, and when the introductions were finished he went to this and with scarcely any preliminary began.

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