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"Yes, HOW! That is what we must find out." He stood there silently, gently
stroking his chin. "We must find out," he said quietly, and Tuppence felt that if
she was Mr. Brown she would not like the tone of those simple words.
Julius's glance went to the window.
"The window's open," he remarked. "Do you think----"
Tuppence shook her head.
"
The balcony only goes along as far as the boudoir. We were there."
He might have slipped out----" suggested Julius.
"
But Sir James interrupted him.
Mr. Brown's methods are not so crude. In the meantime we must send for a
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doctor, but before we do so, is there anything in this room that might be of value
to us?"
Hastily, the three searched. A charred mass in the grate indicated that Mrs.
Vandemeyer had been burning papers on the eve of her flight. Nothing of
importance remained, though they searched the other rooms as well.
"
There's that," said Tuppence suddenly, pointing to a small, old-fashioned safe let
into the wall. "It's for jewellery, I believe, but there might be something else in it."
The key was in the lock, and Julius swung open the door, and searched inside.
He was some time over the task.
"Well," said Tuppence impatiently.
There was a pause before Julius answered, then he withdrew his head and shut
to the door.
"Nothing," he said.
In five minutes a brisk young doctor arrived, hastily summoned. He was
deferential to Sir James, whom he recognized.
"Heart failure, or possibly an overdose of some sleeping-draught." He sniffed.
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