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"I see; I understand. He must believe himself all alone; then,
the natural man may appear. I thank you, Inspector. That idea is
of inestimable value to me, and I shall act on it. I do not say
immediately; not on the first day, and possibly not on the
second, but as soon as opportunity offers for my doing what I
have planned with any chance of success. And now, advise me how
to circumvent my uncle and aunt, who must never know to what an
undertaking I have committed myself."
Inspector Dalzell spared me another fifteen minutes, and this
last detail was arranged. Then he rose to go. As he turned from
me he said:
"To-morrow?"
And I answered with a full heart, but a voice clear as my
purpose:
"To-morrow."
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