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Dismantling his canvas screen, and with no attempt now at any concealment, the detective left the garden of Dr. Van Steyne and returned in a very chastened frame of mind to his lodgings in the city. Then, for the first time, he gave attention to the small handbag that he had picked up after the morning's dreadful happenings upon the embankment by the Port River.
For a few minutes he tried to pick the lock with a piece of wire, but, meeting with no success, he finally forced the bag open with a screwdriver, and soon had all the contents spread out upon the table.