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Geoffrey was at Hollyoaks when Mr. Cass arrived home. He had come over simply to see Ruth, never dreaming that any further revelations about the case awaited him. But his host lost no time, and at once invited him and Neil Webster into the library. There he left them for a moment while he went upstairs to see his daughter and tell her that all was well with her aunt.
"You need not trouble your head, my dear," he said. "Your aunt got that pocket-book from Job, who" -- here, for obvious reasons, he suppressed the truth -- "who picked it up on the road. Now, is your mind at rest?"