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"And if they're still alive?"

"Well, scout around somehow. Do anything that occurs to you. This business ought to be rather fun, if we exercise a little ingenuity."

"Meanwhile, let's have another look at those documents. We don't seem to have made much out of them, and that's a fact."

They sat for several minutes in silence, re-reading the copy Reeves had made of the anonymous letter. It was undated; the address was in printed capitals; it had been postmarked in London at starting, and at Paston Whitchurch on arrival. The content of the message was a mere series of numbers, as follows:

00807005 01804007 02102003 0250600403104008 07401309 09202907 09705003 113017013 010012013

"Unless they're sums of money," said Gordon, "I can't make head or tail of it all. And if they were sums of money, it would be a queer way to arrange the spacing."

"Wait one moment," said Reeves, "I believe I've got the idea of it." He put his hand to his

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