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 'Oh, you want it, do you? And the other man, Dickson—does he want it?' enquired Gideon.

'Who do you mean by Dickson? Oh, Michael Finsbury! Why, of course he does! He lost it too. If he had it, he'd have won the tontine to-morrow.'

'Michael Finsbury! Not the solicitor?' cried Gideon.

'Yes, the solicitor,' said Morris. 'But where is the body?'

'Then that is why he sent the brief! What is Mr. Finsbury's private address?' asked Gideon.

'233 King's Road. What brief? Where are you going? Where is the body?' cried Morris, clinging to Gideon's arm.

'I have lost it myself,' returned Gideon, and ran out of the station.