r fully a
dozen times, and it was only because I knew that the future happiness
of you both depended upon its satisfactory solution that I began
afresh and strove on, determined not to be beaten. I watched
carefully, not only Eyton, but Ethelwynn and yourself. I was often
near you when you least suspected my presence. But that crafty old
scoundrel was possessed of the ingenuity of Satan himself, combined
with all the shrewd qualities that go to make a good detective; hence
in every movement, every wile, and every action he was careful to
cover himself, so that he could establish an _alibi_ on every point.
For that reason the work was extremely difficult. He was a veritable
artist in crime. Yes," he added, "of the many inquiries I've taken up,
the most curious and most complicated of them all was that of The
Seven Secrets."

THE END.

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