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Gurley came out of stairwell door as the two cops approached.

Before Ripperda could unclasp his lips to reply, the stranger had opened the door, and passed through it like a gliding shadow.

She looked so sweet when she said it, standing and smiling there in the middle of the floor, the door-way making a frame for her.

She walked away toward another door, which was masked with a curtain that she lifted.

Hilda, trembling at the door, more than half expected Mr. Orgreave to say: "You mean, she's invited herself."

Then the door opened, the portiere was swept aside, and Anselme announced "Monsieur de Garnache."