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in every way the look and bearing of the girl who planned to marry the Soesoehoenan.
"Then you will send for Farren," she commanded.
He moved toward the desk to do as she had asked, but halted with his finger on the button and turned back to her.
"Miss Regan," he said hesitatingly, "nearly every act of yours during the last two days has seemed to me to be open to two constructions. You have continually perplexed me, and you do so now."
"You mean as regards Farren?" she questioned.
"Yes, I recognized Farren a half hour ago not merely as a police officer with whom I had once had dealings but—as I indicated to you—also as the man I saw lurking in the shadows of the street opposite my rooms and
