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police are following a clue of their own which—so far—they have been able to keep from the reporters and the public. They arrested in the tenth floor corridor of the Tonty last night just after the fire and under what looks like very suspicious circumstances a man named Lund."
"They arrested—whom?" Hereford demanded, uneasily.
"Lund's the name. The man used to be a United States secret service operative, but he's been out of a job a long while and is suspected of having fallen into bad ways. His arrest probably makes it unnecessary for you to establish your innocence of the fire, whatever may be your implication in the disappearance of the emerald."
"It certainly makes it very necessary for
