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**  Blinking, you turn on more lights, but there is no trace of any presence in the room. Were you dreaming? It seemed so real! You walk outside and look at the waning moon. You feel certain that, in some way, you will be helped by Harlowe Thrombey’s ghost You pick up the phone and call Sylvia Ruston. “I think I can get your diamonds, but I’ll have to turn them over to the police first, you know. You’ll have to prove they belong to you and not to Grimstone.” “That will be no trouble,” Sylvia replies. ‘Thank you- I’d almost given up hope. And I promise you’ll be well paid if you succeed.” The next evening at seven you walk up to the gate of Grimstone’s house. There are now four attack dogs and they are all loose on the grounds. The two who attacked you before remember your scent. They run up and down the inside of the fence, raging and growling. You ring the buzzer at the gate. In a moment Kenny appears. “I can help Mr. Grimstone with his problem,” you say. Kenny commands the dogs to return to their pen, locks them in, and respectfully ushers you down the front walk and into the house. You wonder at his change of attitude. Perhaps Harlowe Thrombey’s ghost has been at work! Turn to page 24
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