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And so it was at this stage of affairs that Pennington Wise got into the game. He willingly agreed to take up the case, for the mystery of it appealed to him strongly, and by a stroke of good luck he was not otherwise engaged.
He had promised to call at Miss Raynor's, and as she had asked me to be present also, I went up there, reaching the house before Wise did.