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French had now reconciled the apparent contradiction in regard to one of his four test points. Obviously his next job was to clear up the other three.
As he considered on which he should first concentrate, his mind fastened on the one point which at the time had seemed not completely satisfactory -- the slightly suspicious manner of Gurney, the night watchman. During the night, as he now knew, the body of Stanley Pyke had been taken to the works and put into the crate. It was impossible that this could have been done without Gurney's knowledge. Gurney must be made to speak.