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After some delay -- I had to ring twice -- the Leggetts' door was opened by Owen Fitzstephan. There was no sleepiness in his eyes: they were hot and bright, as they were when he found life interesting. Knowing the sort of things that interested him, I wondered what had happened.
"What have you been doing? " he asked, looking at our clothes, at Collinson's bloody face, at the girl's scratched cheek.