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Examples
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"Do you know a man called Wrent?" asked Lucian abruptly.
The Silent House Fergus Hume 1895
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We -- that is, this lady and myself -- wish to know, firstly, how your husband came to be masquerading as Mr. Vrain; secondly, where we can find the man called Wrent, who employed your husband; and thirdly, Mr.. Clear, we wish to know, and the law wishes to know, who killed your husband. "
The Silent House Fergus Hume 1895
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"Yes, and perhaps with the murder of Clear; but we don't know if the so-called Wrent committed the crime.
The Silent House Fergus Hume 1895
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Therefore, giving no information to Link as to the little woman's whereabouts, Denzil told -- as coming from himself -- his idea that Wrent might fall into a trap set for him in the Pimlico House by means of Mrs. Clear's cypher.
The Silent House Fergus Hume 1895
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He bought the cloak for the woman, visited the man Wrent at
The Silent House Fergus Hume 1895
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"Wrent did -- the man who lived in Jersey Street."
The Silent House Fergus Hume 1895
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If I knew why she hates Wrent, I'd be much more satisfied with her information.
The Silent House Fergus Hume 1895
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You know -- at least Ercole told me, and I suppose Mrs. Clear told you -- that she corresponded with Mark -- Wrent, I mean -- in the agony column of the _Daily Telegraph_.
The Silent House Fergus Hume 1895
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Wig and beard and venerable looks were all gone, and he recognised at once who Wrent was.
The Silent House Fergus Hume 1895
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Lucian did not at once adopt the plan to net Wrent -- whosoever he might be -- invented by Lydia, and approved of by Diana.
The Silent House Fergus Hume 1895
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