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There was nothing in the expression of Archenfield's face to show the effect that the little grocer's information had upon him. His lips were pressed tightly together, his brows were knitted in thought, his eyes had narrowed, and he was paying no heed whatever to the more or less trivial remarks that his companion was making. It was only when they were back again in the bank parlour that he grew more expansive.
"What we have just discovered," he said, "opens up a still wider prospect, and makes the problem somewhat difficult. I must first of all find this bookmaker."