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The inspector blinked for a moment. The appearance of the room, with its closely drawn curtains and air of dissipation, was certainly strange. Wingate advanced to meet him.
"You called to see Lord Dredlinton, I believe, Inspector," he began. "My name is Wingate. I am friend of the family."