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JOHNNY and Monk stared at Doc Savage. The bronze man was testing the metal of the slender instrument taken from the dead man's belt. He had seen the metal was of a hitherto unknown alloy before Johnny had announced his long-worded conclusion.
"It is not only of a strange alloy," Doc stated, "but the texture of the grain indicates it contains at least two elements never before employed in a metallic combination. The tunic this man is wearing also is of woven metal of the fineness of sheerest silk."