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 He was alone there. Did you fix that? You put the knife in him. When you came back you saw Henry Drew in the dining-room. You slipped through the window and did for him. Before you could get back up by the rope route Mr. Winthrop was with you in the fog”

“I remember,” I cried. “Something struck me in the face when I was close to the wall of the house. It must have been the rope.”

“Sure,” said Barnes. “It was. Well, Hung, you and Mr. Winthrop played hide-and-seek in the fog. When he went out into the alley you locked the gate after him. Then you climbed to your room. You drew up the rope and put it back on the hook. You took off these shoes, all wet and muddy, and the trousers, wet and stained round the bottom from walking in the tall grass. From your window you could step out on the roof; you hid these things in a dark corner out there. But you overlooked the Rh