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was concerned in some way with the
secret OF Roberts death. and went
on:
My theory is that Mark discov-
cred the passage about 4 year a@o-
the time when ne began t. rel Fpen
on croqIet Well then when Miss
Norris WAS going 10 dt e:,s an. Cay,
ley gave ii away Fronabll he told
her that she could never get down
10 the bowling ~ zen without beng
discovered and then perhaps showed
that he knew there was one way IN
which he could do It. ana she
wormed the secret out OF hin some
I ow"
But this was two or three days
before Eooert turned up
'Exacti. / 4tu e,a suggesting
that there was anyif5i.4 sinister
about the passas, III tie rst place.
II was jast Il little private M OF
romance and adventure Tor Mark.
three days ago. lie don't evan know
that Robert was coming But some
how the passage has been used sinre.
in connection with Robert Perhaps
Mark escaped that way: perhaps
he's hiding there now And il 50.
then the only person who could give
him away was Miss Norris And
she of course would only do 1t in
nocently not Knowing that the
passage had anything TO do with il. .
50 IT vas safer TO have her out
of the way?"
Yes
but, lock here, Tony, why do you
want to b,ther about this end OF II?
We can always get in at the BOWLING
green eng"
Il know, but If We do thar we
shall have to do It openly. IL Will
mean breaking open the box. and
letting CayIey know that we've done
it,"
CHAPTER II
SsFT1HERE'S one thing. which we
have got to realize al once"
said Antony. and that is
that If We don't find It easily. We
shan't find it at all"
You mean that we shan't have
timer"
Neither time nor opportunity.
Which is rather a consoling thought
to lazy person like me-
You can wash out the kitchen
and all that part of the house" said
Bill, after some thought. We cant
so there
NO What we want to consider
is which is the most likely place of
the few pieces in which we can look
safely. Tie library for choice"
Bill got UP eagerly.
Come along" he said. lets try
the library. II Cayley comes in. we
can always pretend were choosing
a book
Antony got up slowly. took his
arm and walked back to the house
with him.
The library was worth going into.
passages or no passages. Antony
bookshelves. As soon as he went into
the room, he found himself wander.
ing round it to see what books the
owner read, or tmore likely did not
read, but kept for the air which
they lent to the house. Mark had
prided himself on his library. Ii was
mixed collection of books. Old edi-
tons, new editions. expensive books.
cheap books-a library in which
everybody, whatever his taste. could
he sure OF finding something to suit
him.
And which is your particular
fancy. Ril?" said Antony. looking
FROM one shelf to another. 'Or are
you always playing billiards."
Il have q look at Badminton'
sometimes" said Fill. ITS over in
that corner there He waved
hand
over here?" said Antony. going
to it.
Yes" He corrected himself sud
denly "Oh. no. it's not Mark had
grand re-arra ngement of his
library about a year ago 1t took
him more than week. he told Us,
He's got such frightful lot, hasn't
he?"
Now that's very interesting"
said Antony. and he sat down and
filled his pipe again.
There was indeed ''frightful lot
of books The four walls of the
library were plastered with them
from floor to ceiling, save only
where the door and the two windows
insisted on living their own life. even
though an ilHterate one. To Bill it
seemed the most hopeless room Of
any in which to look for a secret
opening.
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