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There was a silence as the four men regarded each other with a dawning conviction. Panzer shuffled his feet and coughed nervously; Velie's face was a study in concentrated thought; Ellery stepped backward and fell into a rapt contemplation of his father's grey-and-blue necktie.
Inspector Queen stood biting his mustache. He shook his shoulders suddenly and turned on Velie.