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Ray had slept well and breakfasted at his leisure, after which he used the secret telephone number and got in touch with Barle again. He gave the latter a concise account of the happenings of the previous night, to all of which the great man at the other end of the wire listened with flattering interest.
"You are certainly not wasting your time, my young friend," he said. "Moreover I think you did quite right to leave those jewels where you found them."