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WATNEY welcomed the newcomer with a fierce delight, much as a terrier does the unexpected advent of a rat. Truth to tell, the journalist was puzzled, and that was a frame of mind in which he seldom found himself and one which he did not enjoy in the least. Here was something tangible to go upon, somebody to question with the strong likelihood of being answered. If Watney had had his pick of all the men in London whom he most desired to see he would not have hesitated to name Mr. Doveluck.
The eccentric millionaire was known to be a friend of Le Blanc's, and it was a fair assumption that he shared most of the other's secrets, and, therefore, if he liked, he might have shed a great deal of light upon the mystery. Piquancy was added to the situation by the knowledge that Doveluck was not altogether honourable and above board.