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It somehow
seemed to impel me to endeavor to penetrate the mystery, and yet Hylton
Chater had declared that she was dead! I recollected the remarkable
letter from Abo, and her own declaration that her end was near. That
letter was, she said, the last she should write to her friend. Did
Hylton Chater actually possess knowledge of the girl's death? Had he all
along been acquainted with her whereabouts? What the young woman told
me upset all my plans. If Elma Heath were really dead, then she was
beyond discovery, and the truth would be hidden forever.
"After he had put the photograph in his pocket, the gentleman made a
most minute search in this room," the domestic went on. "He consulted
his plan, took several measurements, and then tapped on the paneling all
along this wall, as though he were searching for some hidden cupboard or
hiding place. I looked at the plan, and saw a mark in red ink upon it.
He was trying to discover that spot, and was greatly disappointed at not
being able to do so.


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