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On the night of Gilbert Standerton's little dinner party the black-bearded taxi driver, who had called at the house off Charing Cross Road for instructions, came to the door of No. 43, and was duly observed by the detective on duty. He went into the house, was absent five minutes, and came out again, driving off without a fare.
Ten minutes later, at a signal from the detective, the house was visited by three C. I. D. men from Scotland Yard, and the mystery of the taxicab driver was cleared up forever.