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THE VIADUCT MURDER

put that stick and the golf-ball lying out prominently in my room. At dinner we'll ask Marryatt to come along afterwards. We'll go out of dinner early, and get into the secret passage. From there we can watch and see what happens when he comes in."

"Don't you think it would be a mistake to ask him in? It might somehow put him on his guard. . . . Yes, I know, I can make sure that he comes into your room without being asked. Leave that part to me, and stand by as soon as dinner's over. We can go up into the passage by the billiard-room end."

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