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Chapter 14 The Second Body

Waiting for no more, I turned and ran up the path to the shed. The two men on guard there stood

aside to let me pass and filled with excitement I entered. The light was dim, the place was a mere

rough wooden erection to keep old pots and tools in. I had entered impetuously, but on the threshold,

I checked myself, fascinated by the spectacle before me. Jiro was on his hands and knees,

a pocket torch in his hand, with which he was examining every inch of the ground. He looked up

with a frown at my entrance, then his face relaxed a little in a sort of good-humored contempt.

Ah, say long-glee. Enter then. Let us see what you can make of this affair.

Rather stung by his tone, I stooped my head and passed in.

There he is, said Jiro, flashing his torch to the far corner. I stepped across.

The dead man lay straight upon his back. He was of medium height, and possibly about 50 years of age.

He was neatly dressed in a dark blue suit, well cut, and probably made by an expensive tailor,

but not new. His face was terribly convulsed, and on his left side, just over the heart,

the hilt of a dagger stood up, black and shining. I recognized it. It was the same dagger I had seen

reposing in the glass jar the preceding morning. I'm expecting the doctor any minute,

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