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Mr. Pawle made a gesture which seemed to denote a certain amount of triumphant self-satisfaction.
"I'm sure I'm right! " he exclaimed. "You'll find out that I'm right! But there's a tremendous lot to do, Carless. If only that unfortunate man, Ashton, had lived, he could have cleared this matter up at once. I feel convinced that he possessed papers which would have proved this girl's claim beyond dispute. Those papers, of course -- "