CHAPTER XVI
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When Chloë received this note she put on her hat, went straight down to Scotland Yard and told them that she wished to make a communication of an exceptionally confidential nature, whereupon she was ushered into the presence of the official whose duty it was to deal with such matters. His name was Inspector Olivarez. He courteously begged Mrs. Bisham Dunkle to be seated and to state her business. She might, he added, rely implicitly upon his allowing what she might say to go no farther. Not an inch.
Chloë walked over to a screen which
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