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THE BLACK HOUSE IN HARLEY STREET
felt Goulburn grip his shoulder. He turned inquiringly—-to see an eager, excited look on his friend's face.
"What's the matter, Dick?" he asked.
"Chris," said Goulburn, in a low voice, "go straight on to Maisie's, and take her into Kensington Gardens. If I don't meet you near the pond there—you know where—take her home, and come to my place at ten o'clock. Tell her the news, and say I shall call for her at nine in the morning. Don't ask questions now, Chris. I've just seen some one I must speak to to-night."
Then he turned and went back by the way they had come—in search of a certain carriage in which he had seen the lady of Epsom Downs.
