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The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation

CHAPTER XVIII
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Fullaway, Mr.Allerdyke, Fullaway!" "Well ?" demanded Allerdyke.

"And so--" "And so I want you to use your utmost ingenuity to find out if your cousin James gave that photo to Fullaway," continued Chettle.

"We know very well that he was in touch with Fullaway before he went off to Russia--I have it in my notes that when Fullaway came to see you here in Hull, at the Station Hotel, the day of your cousin's death, he told you that he and Mr.James Allerdyke had been doing business for a couple of years, and that they'd last met in London about the end of March, just before your cousin set off on his journey to Russia.

Is that correct ?" "Quite correct--to the letter," answered Allerdyke.
"Very well," said Chettle.

"Now, according to you, that 'ud be not so very long after you took that snapshot of your cousin?
So, he'd probably have the third print of it--the one we've just been looking at--on him when he was in London at that time ?" "Very likely," assented Allerdyke.
"Then," said Chettle with great eagerness, "try, Mr.Allerdyke, try your best and cleverest to find out if he gave it to Fullaway.


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