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shadow of a doubt, would set her free for ever. Shall we set about it now?"
I was silent.
"There's some one knocking at my door."
Some one was beating a tattoo upon the panel.
"So there is; and some one in a hurry, it would seem. Perhaps it's Symonds. If so, you might make a clean breast of it at once. I'll corroborate with what I know. Then she need never fear arrest at all."
