XI

"So you were right," Denzil could not help saying as he greeted Grodman a

week afterwards. "I shall _not_ live to tell the story of how you

discovered the Bow murderer."

"Sit down," growled Grodman; "perhaps you will after all." There was a

dangerous gleam in his eyes. Denzil was sorry he had spoken.

"I sent for you," Grodman said, "to tell you that on the night Wimp

arrested Mortlake I had made preparations for your arrest."

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