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Thalia went straight back to the office and found Derrick Yale sitting in his room reading through a heap of unanswered correspondence.
"Is that the key? Thank you. Put it down there," he said. "I am afraid you will have to answer most of these yourself. The majority of them are from foolish young people who wish to be trained as private detectives. You will find a form reply, and you can sign the answers yourself. And will you tell this lady," he handed a letter across to her, "that I am so busy now that I cannot undertake any further commissions?"