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"Is Toller still drunk?" he asked.
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"Yes. I heard his wife tell Mrs. Rucastle that she could do nothing with him."
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"That is well. And the Rucastles go out to-night?"
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"Yes."
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"Is there a cellar with a good strong lock?"
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"Yes, the wine-cellar."
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"You seem to me to have acted all through this matter like a very brave and sensible girl, Miss Hunter. Do you think that you could perform one more feat? I should not ask it of you if I did not think you a quite exceptional woman."
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"I will try. What is it?"
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"We shall be at the Copper Beeches by seven o'clock, my friend and I. The Rucastles will be gone by that time, and Toller will, we hope, be incapable.
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