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There was great commotion when it was discovered on the following morning that Dr Strong was missing. At first it amounted almost to a panic, and the whole of the servants were on the point of leaving.
They had been awakened early in the morning by the barking of the mastiff, but beyond sniffing around the room, and especially around the fireplace, the movements of the dog gave no clue whatever to what had happened during the night.