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A few minutes after Sir Hunter Lorne left the offices of the Victory Finance Company, Inspector Poole presented himself at the door and asked the junior clerk who answered his ring to take a note in to the manager. A minute later he was himself shown into the Board Room, where Mr. Blagge, a look of mingled dignity and anxiety on his face, was awaiting him.
"No trouble I hope, Inspector? " he asked. "Sir Hunter Lorne, our Chairman, has just gone out -- you have only just missed him."