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out till this business is over."

"Natty Boy won three to one," said Evan.

"Rotten odds," said Sir George.

"Mostly Regatta news," said Evan, glancing

over the sheet.

The three young women came out from the

screen.

"Not a sign of it," said Janet Rustington.

"You can take it from me she hasn't got it on

her," said Lady Marroway.

Mr. Pointz thought he would be quite ready to

take it from her. There was a grim tone in her

voice and he felt no doubt that the search had been

thorough.

"Say, Eve, you haven't swallowed it?" asked

'i Mr. Leathern anxiously. "Because maybe that

wouldn't be too good for you."

"I'd have seen her do that," said Leo Stein

quietly. "I was watching her. She didn't put any-thing

in her mouth."

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Agatha Christie

"I couldn't swallow a great thing all points like

that," said Eve. She put her hands on her hips and

looked at Mr. Pointz. "What about it, big boy?"

she asked.

"You stand over there where you are and don't

.move," said that gentleman.

Among them, the men stripped the table and

turned it upside down. Mr. Pointz examined every