CHAPTER IV.--THE HOUND ON THE TRAIL.-2

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He opened the large wardrobe and at once turned to Inspector Barnsley. "A regular dandy!" he said with a grin, "and much better dressed than either you or I, Inspector! More variety, too!" He picked out a coat and carried it to the window. He scrutinised the tab under the collar, and then carefully turned out the inner breast pocket and held it up to the light. "Ah!" he exclaimed laconically, and returned swiftly to the wardrobe. He abstracted another coat and submitted it to the same scrutiny--a hurried glance at the tab under the collar, and the breast pocket pulled out and held up to the light. The same process was gone through with every coat that he could find, and then the waistcoats and the trousers were each taken out and gone through in turn. The inspector regarded him with a pu

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