Mr. Clayton had arrived at twenty minutes to
eight. Unluckily Major Rich had just that very
minute gone out. Mr. Clayton had said that he
couldn't wait, as he had to catch a train, but he
would just scrawl a note. He accordingly went into
the sitting room to do so. Burgoyne had not ac-tually
heard his master come in, as he was running
the bath, and Major Rich, of course, let himself in
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with his own key. In his
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minutes later that Major leh un it was about ten
him out for cigarettes.
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No,. tailed hi arid sent
me stting room. Major ne , ....
doorway. He had rf,,-'ich ':". " goe Into
mi-,,,d, -'-"I
;r naa StOod in the
.... a mtcr ana on ths h "" the cigarettes five
into the sitting room wh; cc. .
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, sq SlOR fie boa
For fils master, who was studt
tncn epty' save
smoking. His master had inu?g by the window
ready, and on being told it 3 a ;:. .
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