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After she had disappeared on her
walk back to Haskell, Westcott lit his pipe and resumed his seat on the
big rock again, to think it all out in detail, and decide on a course
of action. He was surprised how swiftly and surely the facts of the
case as already understood marshalled themselves into line in support
of the theory he had advanced. The careful review of all Miss Donovan
had told him only served to increase his confidence that his old
partner still lived. No other conception seemed possible, or would
account for the presence of Ned Beaton in Haskell, or the hurried call
for Miss La Rue. Yet it was equally evident this was not caused by any
miscarriage of their original plans. It was not fear that had led to
this meeting--no escape of their prisoner, no suspicion that their
conspiracy had been discovered, no alarm of exposure--but merely the
careful completion of plans long before perfected. Apparently every
detail of the crime, which meant the winning of Frederick Cavendish's
fortune, had been thus far successfully carried out.


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