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"Do you keep a record of the number of prints you take from a negative, Mr. Bindley?"
"Certainly we do. I'll tell you our rule. First we submit proofs to the customer and she selects those she likes best; we print just the number she wants, and charge her for them. Look up the ledger, Miss Hawkins, and see how many prints that lady had. Six? Well then, so it was."
"But you might print a few more on spec, sometimes?"
"Never," said Mr. Bindley, emphatically. "Wasting good paper, and good chemicals that would be. Besides, we're not at liberty to dispose of prints without the customer's sanction— not if she's paid for the negative. No, sir, six was the number, and she's never had any others."
"When was she photographed?"
"A matter of three months ago."
With that, Sergeant Mannering to
