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old fellow, believed to be a retired tradesman who spent his time in gentle pottering about the city. Bryce, as he entered, caught what Campany was just then saying.

"The most important thing I've heard about it," said Campany, "is—that book they found in the man's suit-case at the Mitre. I'm not a detective—but there's a clue!"