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THE SURAKARTA
order kept close to them, switched on the light. The German stood silent. He seemed merely inspecting again the disorder of the place. He examined no more closely, so far as McAdams could tell, the strange box which still stood among its litter of torn paper than he did the bed; he did not go near to the tapestry or the bloodstains. Only at the conclusion of the examination he gave a satisfied smile.
"That is enough," he announced. "Now we can go."
"Well?" McAdams demanded when they were in the elevator again.
"Well what?" Max inquired blandly.
"Did you find anything new?"
But to this Max made no reply. He only nodded to McAdams, as they reached the first floor, and turned away.
