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Naturally while all this was going on Ellen found herself with a good deal of time on her hands. But it was not until the afternoon of the morning on which Inspector Wilder had paid his visit to Crocksands Abbey that she had the chance of seeing Bly again. But now that Stone was away in Manchester and Wrath had gone off in the car to Barnstaple on one of his mysterious errands, Ellen felt it safe to go as far as the bungalow. She found Bly sitting outside smoking his pipe, whilst Evors was in the sitting-room busy over some correspondence.
"Now, this is fine," Bly said, eagerly, as Ellen came forward. "I began to think that something had happened to you. Is there any news? Anything fresh in the air?"