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"It was not Sidney"

"Aw, chuck it!"

"It's a fact I got here not two irl was

still there It was soht She attended a lecture, and then an operation"

Joe listened It was undoubtedly a relief to him to know that it had not

been Sidney; but if K expected any reet it

"If he is that sort, he deserves what he got," said the boy grimly

And K had no reply But Joe was glad to talk The hours he had spent

alone in the little room had been very bitter, and preceded by a tirees--his descent of the

staircase, leaving Wilson lying on the landing above; his resolve to walk

back and surrender himself at Schwitter's, so that there could be no

mistake as to who had committed the crime

"I intended to write a confession and then shoot un out of my pocket And--"

After a pause: "Does she knoho did it?"

"Sidney? No"

"Then, if he gets better, she'll marry hi we've got to do is to hush