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THE SURAKARTA
for I've been up all night—if you let me tell it in my own way."
Hereford nodded his assent. He was not sure whether, of all the odd and capricious actions of his ward, this did not promise to appear the most capricious yet.
"Miss Regan reached the Tonty at twenty-five minutes past two," McAdams commenced, looking at his notes. "It appears that sometime yesterday afternoon she gave directions to the hotel management that she was to be notified at once by telephone of any unusual occurrence among the Javanese. I learn that she was so notified from the clerk's desk at ten minutes past two, which was the time the clerk on duty first learned of the fire."
"You were there when she got there?" Hereford asked.
