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Weaver flung open the outer door to admit two women. Sergeant Thomas Velie loomed solidly behind them.
"Did you send for these ladies, Mr. Queen? " demanded Velie, his broad frame filling the door. "One of the boys downstairs caught 'em trying to get past the man guarding the elevator -- said you sent for them. Is it all right?"