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The partners exchanged serious glances. They could no longer doubt the truth of Heathcote's statement. It was an amazing declaration, too, and the more Vanstone thought it over the more anxious he felt.
It was useless to ask how Ida had found Gray, nor how she had come, apparently without making the slightest mistake, to Gray's second hiding-place. Nor could he shut his eyes to the fact that Gray had entrusted important papers to Ida's care. He would have given half he possessed to know what those papers contained. He flung himself back in his chair and broke out into a passion of rage.