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Eldrick looked up at his partner with a sharp, confirmatory glance.
"That's our Parrawhite, of course! " he said. "Who's after him, now? " And he went on to read the rest of the advertisement, murmuring its phraseology half-aloud: "in practice as a solicitor at Nottingham and who left that town six years ago. If the said James Parrawhite will communicate with the undersigned he will hear something greatly to his advantage. Any person able to give information as to his whereabouts will be suitably rewarded. Apply to Halstead & Byner, 56B, St. Martin's Chambers, London, W. C. ' Um! -- Pascoe, hand over that Law List."