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INSPECTOR WILLIAM BICKERSON had written the last line of a very long report to headquarters; he blotted, folded and enclosed the document, and, looking up at the clock, saw it was a quarter to nine. It was at that moment that his clerk came in to ask him if he would see Dr. Ralph Hallam.
"Dr. Hallam?" said the inspector, in surprise. "Why, surely!"