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A shudder passed through Basher like a shadow moving across a mountain.
He pursed his lips.

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Gussie was looking forward to that whisky-and-soda as harts
are said to do for cooling streams when heated in the chase.

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If ever in the whole history of England's police procedure
a sergeant of police had drained the bitter cup and bicycled
with vultures gnawing at his bosom, this sergeant of police
was that sergeant of police.

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Many a man who has seen the light is apt to switch it off
when the Old Adam starts to come to life in him.

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