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IT was on the Saturday morning the "Cunarder's" passengers disembarked at Liverpool, and within an hour of the time the answer to the telegrams he despatched came to hand Appleby had started for Darsley. It was, however, late in the afternoon when he arrived there, and proceeded straight to Craythorne's office. The clerk's manner made it evident that he was expected, but he was a trifle astonished to find two other men beside the lawyer waiting him when he was shown into a lighted room.
Craythorne closed a little sliding window before he shook hands with him, and then turned to the others.