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Chapter XXXVI

           "ButIdonotadvisethatinthisinstance,"AldersonhadtoldButler,"forIbelievethiswomanisparticularlyfriendlytoyourman.Itmightbebetter,inspiteoftherisk,totakeitbysurprise."Todothat,heexplained,itwouldbenecessarytohaveatleastthreemeninadditiontotheleader—perhapsfour,who,onceonemanhadbeenabletomakehisentranceintothehallway,onthedoorbeingopenedinresponsetoaring,wouldappearquicklyandenterwithandsustainhim.Quicknessofsearchwasthenextthing—thepromptopeningofalldoors.Theservants,ifany,wouldhavetobeoverpoweredandsilencedinsomeway.Moneysometimesdidthis;forceaccomplisheditatothertimes.Thenoneofthedetectivessimulatingaservantcouldtapgentlyatthedifferentdoors—Butlerandtheothersstandingby—andincaseafaceappearedidentifyitornot,asthecasemightbe.Ifthedoorwasnotopenedandtheroomwasnotempty,itcouldeventuallybeforced.Thehousewasoneofasolidblock,sothattherewasnochanceofescapesavebythefrontandreardoors,whichweretobesafe-guarded.Itwasadaringlyconceivedscheme.Inspiteofallthis,secrecyinthematterofremovingAileenwastobepreserved.

           WhenButlerheardofthishewasnervousaboutthewholeterribleprocedure.Hethoughtoncethatwithoutgoingtothehousehewouldmerelytalktohisdaughterdeclaringthatheknewandthatshecouldnotpossiblydenyit.HewouldthengiveherherchoicebetweengoingtoEuropeorgoingtoareformatory.

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