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Antony looked up at Bill in sur
prise.
Didn't you hear what he said?'
What, particularly"
THAT it was Cayley's idea to drag
the pond
"Oh! Oh, / sayF" Bill was rather
excited again. You mean that he's
hidden something there? Some false
clue which he wants the police to
find?"
st hope So" said Antony earnest
ly. "but I'm afraid" He stopped
short.
"WeII?'
Whats the safest place in which
to hide anything very Important"
Somewhere where nobody viii
look"
There's better place than that"
"What?"
Somewhere where everybody has
already looked"
by Jove! You mean that as soon
as the pond has been dragged, Cay
ley will hide something there?"
Yes, I'm afraid So"
But why afraid?"
because Ifllilk IIldL II must Dc
something very important, something
which couldn't easily be hidden any
where else"
WHAT" asked Bill eagerly.
Antony shook his head.
mo. I'm not going to talk about
it yet. We can wait and see what
the inspector finds. He may find
something that Cayley has put there
~ - T7sA he
then it viii be because Cayley is
going to hide something there to-
night"
"What?" asked Bill again.
"You will see what, Bill" said
Antony: because we shall be there. :"
"Are we going to watch him?"
Yves, If the inspector finds moth
ing"
That's good" said Bill.
If it were a question of Cayley or
the law. he was quite decided as TO
which side he was taking Previous
to the tragedy of yesterday he had
got on well enough with both OF
the cousins, without being in the
least intimate with either.
Yet, though he had hesitated to
define his position that morning in
regard to Mark, he did not hesitate
to place himself on the side of the
law against Cayley. Mark after all.
had done him no harm, but Cayley
had committed an unforgivable Of
fence. Cayley had listened secretly
to a private conversation between
himself and Tony. Let Cayley hang.
if the law demanded it.
Antony looked at his watch and
stood up.
Come along he said Its time
for that job / spoke about"
The passa ge?" said Bill eagerly.
mo; the thing which / said that l
had to do this afternoon"
Without saying anything. Antony
led the way indoors to the office.
1t was three o'clock, and at three
o'clock yesterday Antony and Cayley
had found the body. At a few min
utes after three, he had been looking
out of the window Of the adjoining
room, and had been surprised sud
denly to find the door open and Cay
ley behind him. He had vaguely
wondered at the time why he had
expected the door to be shut, but he
had no time then to worry the thing
out, and he had promised himself
10 look into IL at Els leisure after
ward. He had decided that three
o'clock that afternoon should find
him once more In the office.
AS he went into the room, followed
by Bill, he felt 1t almost as shock
that there was now no body of Robert
lying there between the two doors.
But there was a dark stain which
showed where the dead mans head
had been, and Antony knelt down
over 1t. as he had knelt twenty-four
hours before.
81 want to go through 1t again"
he said. You must be Cayley. Cay.
ley said he would get some water.
Now then, Bill. just pretend you're
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