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Chapter Twelve ROCCO AND ROOM NO. 111
ON the afternoon of the same day - the interview just described
had occurred in the morning - Racksole was visited by another
idea, and he said to himself that he ought to have thought of it
before. The conversation with Mr Sampson Levi had continued for
a considerable time, and the two men had exchanged various
notions, and agreed to meet again, but the theory that Reginald
Dimmock had probably been a traitor to his family - a traitor
whose repentance had caused his death - had not been thoroughly
discussed; the talk had tended rather to Continental politics, with a
view to discovering what princely family might have an interest in
the temporary disappearance of Prince Eugen. Now, as Racksole
considered in detail the particular affair of Reginald Dimmock,
deceased, he was struck by one point especially, to wit: Why had
Dimmock and Jules manoeuvred to turn Nella Racksole out of
Room No. 111 on that first night? That they had so manoeuvred,
that the broken window-pane was not a mere accident, Racksole
felt perfectly sure. He had felt perfectly sure all along; but the
significance of the facts had not struck him. It was plain to him
now that there must be something of extraordinary and peculiar
importance about Room No. 111. After lunch he wandered quietly
upstairs and looked at Room No. 111; that is to say, he looked at
the outside of it; it happened to be occupied, but the guest was
leaving that evening.
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