CHAPTER III.--THE CRIME-2

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"Is that usual?" The chauffeur hesitated for a moment and then replied slowly. "No, sir, it isn't quite usual, as least not in fine weather like this. In wet weather he always goes in, but when it's sunny I generally find him out on the lawn." "Then what do you think made him go in this morning?" The man seemed puzzled. "I don't know," he replied lamely. "I never thought." "He's supposed to be a good watch dog, isn't he?" The young fellow brightened up at once. "Oh yes, and he is too. He won't let a cat even come into the garden at night. He hears almost when a leaf falls and can smell ever so long after if a stranger's gone up the path." The inspector sniffed doubtfully. "How do you account then," he asked very sternly, "for the fact that he let some unknown man come in last night a

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