| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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in earnest conversation with the keeper. The electric light was switched on, and as Crass and Sawkins came in they saw that the marble slab was empty. The corpse was gone. `Snatchum came this afternoon with a hand-truck and a corfin,' explained the keeper. `I was out at the time, and the missis thought it was all right so she let him have the key.' Hunter and Crass looked blankly at each other. `Well, this takes the biskit!' said the latter as soon as he could speak. `I thought you said you had settled everything all right with the old woman?' said Hunter. `So I did,' replied Crass. `I seen 'er on Friday, and I told 'er to leave it all |
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