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 to when she told Nottidge that Levigne had got her signature to some documents. Here's one covenanting, if her claim to the Mortover estates is successful, to pay Levigne fifty thousand pounds!"

"For his trouble, I suppose?" said the Superintendent.

"And his cleverness! What's this, now—a somewhat similar document, covenanting in consideration of Philip Mortover and Janet Clagne giving every assistance in establishing her claim to settle on Philip Mortover, in the event of the claim being successful, one-half the estate. Um—Levigne seemed to have been pretty good at arranging matters, and it was high time this girl was got out of his hands. But these are not what I wanted! And these?" he went on, as he drew two or three folded papers from an envelope. "By God—they are!"

"What—what?" asked his companions, excitedly. "What are they?"

"Papers given by Avice Mortover to John Wraypoole, which Wraypoole had on him at the time he was murdered in Miss Tandy's flat!" exclaimed Wedgwood. "These are they! Look here!" he went on, seizing the Superintendent's arm and swinging him round in the direction of the table on which the dead man