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Now there is no harm inwondering, but these foolish people did not stop there. Only he did not quite like the laugh - a hard, bitter exclamationwhich he had never heard from Strange before. Colonel Purseysaid that this morning several of his lads were eyeing the Frenchmen in a veryparticular manner as if they were wonderi He would probably not even have satdown, had Jeremy Johns not pushed him into a chair.

You have been tooambitious, sir. Oh! You think Mr Strange has something to dowith this Black Tower. They have closed her eyes, he said. Only he did not quite like the laugh - a hard, bitter exclamationwhich he had never heard from Strange before.