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WHEN ROBERT had turned out upon the table the contents of the dead Fergus O'Shane's wallet, the expression of delight upon his face at finding the thick wad of banknotes amounting to no less than £200 consisted entirely of five and ten-pound ones, changed abruptly to an ugly frown when, from an expensive-looking little case of morocco leather, he drew out a photograph of Adolf Hitler.
It was one of the head only and enclosed in a flat little silver frame, embossed at the back with a gold swastika, with a small phoenix underneath. The photograph was undoubtedly an impressive one, and those intent, impelling eyes which had so bewildered so many in that dark world in which the mighty Fuehrer had once moved, stood out fearlessly and masterfully.