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300 "Anything you say may be used against you," he reminded the prisoner.

"You know enough to swing me, anyhow," said Rattar, "hut I'd like you to know that I didn't really mean to do it. I want that drink-first though!"

He took the glass of whisky and water and as he raised it to his lips, that same curious look came back into his eye.

"Here's to the firm of S. and G. Rattar, and may their clients be as damned as themselves!" he said with a glance at Cromarty, and finished the drink at a draught.