Chapter 40

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The detective had revealed his identity, and the chauffeur was quite willing to tell all he knew. He had driven his temporary employer and the woman in nurse’s garb to the Yellow Anchor Line pier, near the Battery. Grantley—or Thomas Worthington, as he had called himself in this connection—had volunteered the information that his companion was his niece, who had been sent for suddenly to take care of some one who was to sail on the Laurentian at five o’clock in the morning. LaurentianBoth of the occupants of the car had alighted at the pier, and the man had told the chauffeur not to wait, the explanation being that he might be detained on board for some time. The pier was a long one, and the chauffeur could not, of course, say whether the pair had actually gone on board the vessel or no

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