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TOM SWIFT, in a crisis, was not one to think first and act afterward. Usually he did his acting first, and this was one of those instances.
Like a flash of fire it ran through his mind that now was the best time to ascertain what object the foreigner could have in breaking the regulations and entering Tom's private office.