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The Old Man in the Corner
The Old Man in the Corner by Baroness Orczy, available in Auren as a public-domain ebook in the United States.
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The man in the corner pushed aside his glass, and leant across the table.
“Mysteries!” he commented. “There is no such thing as a mystery in connection with any crime, provided intelligence is brought to bear upon its investigation.”
Very much astonished Polly Burton looked over the top of her newspaper, and fixed a pair of very severe, coldly inquiring brown eyes upon him.
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