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Rh multiplies that. The chance of making correctly eighteen straight in succession can be only one in millions. No one—not even Mr. Hereford—could have mastered that from seeing the box once opened. Mr. Baraka, your story is preposterous! No one could have got in here:—no one could have got out afterward! Least of all could any one have opened the box!"

And he turned for confirmation to Max.

Max Schimmel, however, since he had received confirmation that the box had an odor had apparently taken no note of anything else that was passing. He stood now with a pleased face, his gaze swiftly sweeping for a second time and still more comprehensively the details of the room—the exit doors, the disordered bed, the writing desk, the stand with the suitcases. The question had to be