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Ayscough and Melky kept silence, until they had exchanged the busy streets for the quieter by-roads which lie behind the Paddington Canal -- then, as they turned up Portsdown Road, the detective tapped his companion's arm.
"What do you know about these two Chinese chaps that have this furnished house of yours? " he asked. "Much? -- or little?"