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gers.
ForhoursMr.Reederwallowedinhiswickedness.Schemesucceeded
scheme;possibilityandprobabilitywererubbedagainstoneanotherand
cancelled themselves out.
Whatwastheorganiser'schiefdifficulty?Toavoidacloseinspection
ofhisprotegeesandtokeeptheminaplacewheretheywouldnotbe
recognised.
ThecaseofReigatewasasimpleone.Hewasamanwithaconscience
andthoughapparentlyhewasheadingforsafetythatstillsmallvoice
ofhishadgrownlouderandhehaddecidedtomakeacleanbreastof
everything.Havingreachedthisdecisionhehadescapedfromwherever
hewasconfinedandhadmadehiswaytoReeder'shouse—hissisterhad
told the detective that the young man knew his address.
AtmidnightMr.Reederrosefromhisdesklithisthirtiethcigarette
andstoodforalongtimewithhisbacktothefireplacethecigarette
droopinglimplyfromhismouthhisheadononesidelikeacockatoo
and cogitated upon his criminal past.
Hewenttobedthatnightwithasensethathewasgropingthrougha
fogtowardsacertaindoorandthatwhenthatdoorwasopenedthe
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extraordinaryhappeningsofthepastfewmonthswouldbesusceptible
of a very simple explanation.
OnthefollowingmorningMr.Reederwasinhisofficeandthosewho
arenotacquaintedwithhismethodswouldhavebeenamazedtofind
thathewasengagedinreadingafairystory.Hereaditfurtivelyhiding
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