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On the following afternoon Laura drove straight from the House of Detention to Russell Square. Her interview with her husband had been full of comfort. Mr. Leopold had been with his client, and Mr. Leopold was in excellent spirits. He had no doubt as to the issue of his case, even without Desrolles; and the detectives had very little doubt of finding Desrolles.
‘A man of that age and of those habits doesn't go far,' said the lawyer, speaking of this human entity with as much assurance as if he were stating a mathematical truth.