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Margaret Maddison was preparing for bed when the street bell rang. She opened the door of her room and listened: somebody was talking in the hall below; she heard her footman's and a deeper voice, and then somebody said: "You'd better go up and tell the lady. I must see her.Scotland Yard." She sent her maid down to find out what was the matter, and in a few minutes the girl came back.
"It's an Inspector from Scotland Yard, madam. He wants to see you on a matter of importance."