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Once within a taxi-cab and on their way to Maida Vale, Mr. Halfpenny turned to his companion with a shake of the head which implied a much mixed state of feeling.
"Tertius! " he exclaimed. "There's something wrong! Quite apart from what we know, and from what we were able to communicate to the police, there's something wrong. I feel it -- it's in the air, the -- the whole atmosphere. That fellow Barthorpe is up to some game. What? Did you notice his manner, his attitude -- everything? Of course! -- who could help it? He -- has some scheme in his head. Again I say -- what?"