? ? ? ? "Lord Holdhurst!"
? ? ? ? "Well, it is just conceivable that a statesman might find himself in a position where he was not sorry to have such a document accidentally destroyed."
? ? ? ? "Not a statesman with the honourable record of Lord Holdhurst?"
? ? ? ? "It is a possibility and we cannot afford to disregard it. We shall see the noble lord to-day and find out if he can tell us anything. Meanwhile I have already set inquiries on foot."
? ? ? ? "Already?"
? ? ? ? "Yes, I sent wires from Woking station to every evening paper in London. This advertisement will appear in each of them."
? ? ? ? He handed over a sheet torn from a notebook. On it was scribbled in pencil:
10 pounds reward. The number of the cab which dropped a fare at or about the door of the Foreign Office in Charles Street at quarter to ten in the evening of May 23d. Apply 22lB, Baker Street.
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