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THE MORTOVER GRANGE AFFAIR

it will be advisable for somebody to keep an eye on Thomas."

"We'll see to that!" said the inspector. "Unobtrusively, of course. Queer case altogether this, Wedgwood," he went on, as they rose from their conference. "And the queerest thing about it, to my mind, is the ease with which the murderer did his job and got clear away! Now what do you make of that?"

Wedgwood shook his head with a suggestion of finality.

"That John was very carefully followed when he went to Miss Tandy's!" he answered.