CHAPTER XV
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The Archdeacon got home about a he quarter to six. He let himself softly into the Vicarage, but not softly enough to cheat the vigilance of Mrs. Roach's ear. Even as he arrived on the first landing her bedroom door opened and she peered out saying, "Is that you, Samson? You're very late. And how did you leave dear Lady Lampeter?"
He spun her some lies about the anxious night they'd all had at Marlow. He told her that when he finally left in Lady Lampeter's motor-car, its owner was believed to be out of danger.
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