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Barry Kirk stood looking about his office; he found it difficult to believe that into this commonplace, familiar room, tragedy had found its way. Yet there was that silent figure on the floor, a few moments before so full of life and energy.
"Poor Sir Frederic," he said. "Only today he told me he was near the end of a long trail. Nearer than he dreamed, it appears. " He stopped. "A long trail, Sergeant -- only a few of us know how far back into the past this thing must reach."