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WHEN Mr. Walters descended the broad staircase of The Towers on the Sunday morning he found two things to disturb him--Sir Lyster's note on the hall table, and the Japanese valet "lost" in the conservatory.
He read the one with attention, and rebuked the other with acrimony. Having failed to find the missing key himself, he proceeded to the housekeeper's room, and poured into the large and receptive ear of Mrs. Eames the story of his woes.