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From the expression of Ray's face it would have been hard to have guessed that he was listening to something of the last importance. But, all the same, as much by good fortune as anything else, he had blundered on to a clue which promised to take him a long way. Just for the moment it occurred to him to keep this discovery to himself, but in his strange way, he knew that Cranston was to be trusted; and there and then made up his mind to take the latter to a certain extent into his confidence.
"Now, that is very strange," he said. "Do you know that in nearly half our cases we come across a valuable clue when looking for something quite different. I came to you this morning because you were the very man I wanted to copy those documents for me. I felt certain that you would do it with secrecy and despatch, and that you would regard the transaction as entirely confidential."