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"And for present expenses?"

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The King took a heavy chamois leather bag from under his cloak and laid it on the table.

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"There are three hundred pounds in gold and seven hundred in notes," he said.

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Holmes scribbled a receipt upon a sheet of his note-book and handed it to him.

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"And Mademoiselle's address?" he asked.

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"Is Briony Lodge, Serpentine Avenue, St. John's Wood."

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Holmes took a note of it. "One other question," said he. "Was the photograph a cabinet?"

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"It was."

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"Then, good-night, your Majesty, and I trust that we shall soon have some good news for you. And good-night, Watson," he added, as the wheels of the royal brougham rolled down the street. "If you wlll be good enough to call to-morrow afternoon at three o'clock I should like to chat this little matter over with you.


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