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Margaret had waited a long time for Mr Gorton to come out, and when he appeared he was in so great a hurry that he could only tell her the bare fact that he had found a man in the room and that he had escaped. It was the hall porter who supplied her with greater, and in some respects, less accurate, information.
"Yes, madam, the police found a man in Mr Maddison's room.I caught a glimpse of him just before he got away. Good-looking fellow with a moustache, and, according to the police, a pretty desperate burglar--they found a revolver on him. Perhaps you'd like to go up and see the flat, madam?"