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A Perilous Secret

CHAPTER XXIV
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You can see it in every convict jail.
But," said he, "how came this villain to sit to you for his portrait ?" "He did not, sir.

But when he was struggling with me to keep me from rescuing my father--" "What! did the ruffian lay hands on you ?" "That he did, and so did Mr.Bartley.But the villain was the leader of it all; and while he was struggling with me--" "You were taking stock of him?
Well, they talk of a Jew's eye; give me a woman's.

My dear, the second-hand description is not worth a button.

I must write fresh notices from yours, and, above all, instruct the detectives.

You have given me information that will lead to that man's capture.


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