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Hawkshaw gazed mournfully off into space, and Le Coq muttered profane words under his breath. HOWKSHAW GAZED MOURNFULLY OFF INTO SPACE AND LECOQ MUTTERED PROFANE WORDS UNDER HIS BREATH
erwhelm him by further evidence of his ingenuity. “When he gets his bill he will open his piratical eyes so wide that he will be seized with jealousy to think of how much more refined his profession has become since he left it, and out of mere pique he will leave the hotel, and, to show himself still cleverer than his modern prototypes, he will leave his account unpaid, with the result that the affair will be put in the hands of the police, under which circumstances a house in the immediate vicinity of the famous police headquarters will be the safest hiding-place he can find, as was instanced by the remarkable case of the famous Penstock bond robbery. A certain churchwarden named Hinkley, having been appointed cashier thereof, robbed the Penstock Imperial Bank of £1,000,000 in bonds, and, fleeing to London, actually joined the detective force at Scotland Yard, and was detailed to find himself, which of course he never did, nor would he ever have been found had he not crossed my path.” STENING TO OVERWHELM HIM BY FURTHER EVIDENCE OF HIS INGENUITY WHEN HE GETS HIS BILL HE WILL OPEN HIS PIRATICAL EYES SO WIDE THAT HE WILL BE SEIZED WITH JEALOUSY TO THINK OF HOW MUCH MORE REFINED HIS PROFESSION HAS BECOME SINCE HE LEFT IT AND OUT OF MERE PIQUE HE WILL LEAVE THE HOTEL AND SHOW HIMSELF STILL CLEVERER THAN HIS MODERN PROTOTYPES HE WILL LEAVE HIS ACCOUNT UNPAID WITH THE RESULT THAT THE AFFAIR WILL BE PUT IN THE HANDS OF THE POLICE UNDER WHICH CIRCUMSTANCES A HOUSE IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE FAMOUS POLICE HEADQUARTERS WILL BE THE SAFEST HIDING PLACE HE CAN FIND AS WAS INSTANCED BY THE REMARKABLE CASE OF THE FAMOUS PEN STOCK BOND ROBBERY A CERTAIN CHURCHWARDEN NAMED HINKLEY HAVING BEEN APPOINTED CASHIER THEREOF ROBBED THE PEN STOCK IMPERIAL BANK OF ONE MILLION POUNDS IN BONDS AND FLEEING TO LONDON ACTUALLY JOINED THE DETECTIVE FORCE AT SCOTLAND YARD AND WAS DETAILED TO FIND HIMSELF WHICH OF COURSE HE NEVER DID NOR WOULD HE EVER HAVE BEEN FOUND HAD HE NOT CROSSED MY PATH
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