Returning two hours later he was thrilled almost beyond expression to learn that although of one set of finger-prints the department had no record, the other was that of a Sabine Guildford, a one-time lawyer, who fourteen years previously had been sentenced to five years' imprisonment for misappropriation of moneys entrusted to his care.
He made no comment and gave no explanation, but next asked to see the convict's photograph and the description of him that had been filed at the time of his conviction.
He drew a deep breath of thankfulness as he gazed at the photo. Allowing for the difference in age, there was not the slightest doubt that the lawyer Guildford and the estate agent Mason were the same man! The same forehead, the same firm jaw, the same stern expression of the eyes!
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