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 Smales would have been little less than hu- man had he not taken some credit for his own prescience, but never by a flicker of the eyelid did he betray it. This despair of another was not the moment for his triumph. While he be- lieved that, in spite of himself, Carey Vermont — was being served well by fate, he had no other — wish than to serve, to ease the anguish which was so painfully apparent.

“We'll find her, sir,” he said.