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"Good morning, gentlemen. " Henry Orbit appeared in the doorway and came forward. "Has your inspector news for me about the removal of Hughes' body? I have made all the arrangements."
There was a weary note in his voice and the pallor of fatigue had spread over his strongly marked features, but it only added to the distinction of his appearance and his eyes seemed if anything more brilliantly alight than on the previous evening. A plum-colored house-robe swathed the tall, erect figure, but he was immaculately groomed and it was only when he had almost reached the visitors that they saw he carried under one arm a tiny, wistful-eyed monkey.