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76  [Eagerly.] Well?

 I found her the exact counterpart—if she is a counterpart—of the young woman who came into this room as I went out.

 But isn't it possible that with your mind running on the case—

 I thought of that, sir, so I hurried back to my office and looked up the inspector's entry. Here is a copy, sir. [Handing a paper.

 [Reading.] "Margaret Schiller, tall, dark, nervous, a little over-sensitive." Ah! [Rises, obviously disturbed.] But, after all, this is only a general description. It may apply equally to Freda Michel.

 I thought of that too, sir, so I sent round to Charing Cross to inquire if a young lady answering generally to that description had arrived by the 4 from Dover.  And what was the result?  Unfortunately, nothing. The special man we have had at the station since the war began was away when the train came in. But we learned that a