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Stokes the chauffeur had driven Murie and Hamilton in the car down to the village, where the last-named, after a conversation with the police inspector, went to the "Strathavon Arms," together with two constables who happened to be off duty, in plain clothes.
They found Krail sitting in the bar, calmly smoking, awaiting a message from his accomplice.