Plotting the murder of Valmon Dain

"What are you looking so peeved about?" he inquired truculently. "He can't do us no good while he stays alive, cab he?"

 "Not that I'm aware of," said Lyall. "But at the same time, you'll admit there are difficulties. I don't even know that this is the man we're looking for.

 "well, perish my bones!" snorted Tansy. "I saw him with my own eyes, didn't I? saw him pull out his book and write the names down. saw him turn over the pages with 'eaps of other cases wrote down on 'em ; saw him take the names out of the paper and stick 'em down under the silver Arrow. And blimey!----- I saw the writing' , too! You can't get away from that!"

 "Y-yes, I know," said Lyall defensively. "But you also said his name was Dent, and that he has an office in kingsway. That, I know for a positive fact, is untrue."

 "Is it? Well, maybe you know more about him than I do."

 There was something more than a note of grievance in Tansy's voice. there w

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