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There was something like consternation at Sir Francis Maynard's bungalow when the news of the Binda raid was reported by John Scott, who rode far and fast over the ranges to lodge his complaint and demand that an effort should be made to recover his property.
The commissary was at his wit's end. Lieutenant Molyneux and Chief Constable Gordon had returned from their expedition without having discovered the red-bearded man who was known as "Gentleman Jack," and whose hiding-place was a complete mystery. And now here was this audacious outrage by Wall's gang, which had no connection whatever with the red-bearded man.