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IT was a delicate matter broaching the subject of police espionage to Carver. In the first place he did not want to give the Inspector the slightest hint that Ursula Ardfern expected to be watched. He compromised by telling that gloomy man, at the first opportunity, that he had seen Miss Ardfern. And then he mentioned casually, and by the way, the story of her watcher.
-"Of course it isn't a thief," said Carver promptly. "Thieves do not advertise their presence by alarming the people they hope to rob. Has she complained to the local police?"