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brought us here. We were successful in tracing him to this wood, and we may be equally successful in tracing him from it. We must go into the village of Hampstead, and give information about this dead body; and we will make there what inquiries we can."
They were neither of them very anxious to remain in Caen Wood, after dis-

JOHANNA AND COMPANY LEAVE CHELSEA TO AVOID THE VENGEANCE OF TODD.{Figure}

covering how it was tenanted; and in a very short time they were mounted again, and went along the lane until they emerged upon Hampstead Heath, and so took the road to the village, where Sir Richard gave information to the authorities concerning the finding of the body of Lupin.
There, too, he heard that a man answering the description of Todd had passed through the village, and refused to partake some questionable brandy, at a