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Dr. Van Heerden did not hurry his departure from his Staines house. He spent the morning following Qliva's marriage in town, transacting certain important business and making no attempt to conceal his comings and goings, though he knew that he was shadowed. Yet he was well aware that every hour that passed brought danger nearer. He judged (and rightly) that his peril was not to be found in the consequences to his detention of Oliva Cresswell.
"I may have a week's grace," he said to Milsom, "and in the space of a week I can do all that I want."