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When the Hardy boys reached Tower Mansion that morning the door was answered by Hurd Applegate himself. The tall, stooped gentleman peered at them through his thick-lensed glasses. In one hand he held a sheet of stamps, for it was his custom to devote the mornings to his collection.
"Yes? " he said testily, for he was annoyed at being disturbed. "What do you boys want here at this hour of day?"