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"You know that Kitely was present at that trial?" suggested Tallington, who, like Brereton, was beginning to be mystified by Cotherstone's coolness.

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"Your client is doing very well," observed Tallington to the Norcaster solicitor as they foregathered in an ante-room.

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Stick to my advice -- see Tallington at once -- this very afternoon!

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"So that's the line you're taking?" said Tallington quietly.

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"But -- you got to know, eventually," remarked Tallington.

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Tallington opened Kitely's scrap-book at the account of the trial at

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Neither Bent nor Brereton nor Tallington had any notion of what line was going to be taken by Cotherstone and his advisers, but

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"And this is an accurate report of what happened?" asked Tallington, trailing the pencil over the newspaper.

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Mallalieu & Cotherstone's office was only a few yards away along the street; Tallington was back from it with Cotherstone in five minutes.

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Tallington and Brereton exchanged glances when Cotherstone, in charge of two warders from Norcaster, was brought in, and when the Norcaster solicitor and the Norcaster barrister whom he had retained, shortly afterwards presented themselves.

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