The Duke Decides
There was no doubt that he was in neither of the rooms. A hasty search put that beyond question. Instinctively Forsyth ran to the outer door and at once made the discovery—for which he was already prepared—that his chambers had been forcibly entered during his absence. The door had been wrenched open with a jemmy, and had simply been pulled to on the departure of the intruders. The shattered woodwork round the spring-lock told its own tale, though the mystery was increased by the fact that the old-fashioned bolts had been withdrawn.
But what of Beaumanoir?
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