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 was the woman who had lured Avice Mortover away from Mornington Crescent. The next thing was to hit on a trail. And that, he said to himself, was going to be a pretty stiff job. For at present he couldn't see a single mark or impress in the ground he must needs traverse.

There was nothing to be done now till next morning. But when that came and Wedgwood at his breakfast table opened his newspaper, he saw that somebody had been busy. For there, in staring letters in the personal column, were the words One Thousand Pounds Reward, and following close upon them the name Avice Mortover.