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THE SURAKARTA
four days, during which time it had been closely guarded. Is it not right to suppose that the knowledge by which the thief opened the box, came, like the box itself, from Java?"
Annis had risen and leaned against the mantel.
"It seems a natural supposition. Are you still going on or is that all?"
"There is still a little more if you care to hear it."
"It will give me pleasure."
"As regards the last point, the fact that the knowledge of how to open the box must have come from Java, there is additional evidence in the fact that you were visited last night and the night before at this hotel by a Javanese who is not a member of Baraka's suite, yet is apparently a stranger in the city.
