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"Mr. Hargreave, father is sending you upon a very strange mission," Lola told me in confidence one dull morning, after we had had breakfast at the Midland Hotel, in Manchester, where we three were staying about a fortnight after Rayne's generosity in returning the famous jewels of the dead Sultan.
"What kind of mission? " I inquired with curiosity, as we sat together in the lounge prior to going out to idle at the shop windows.