THE EXAMINATION OF THE PAPERS TOOK HIM SOME TIME WHEN HE HAD FINISHED HE GATHERED THEM ALL TOGETHER AGAIN RETIED THE BIT OF RIBBON ROUND THEM AND SLIPPED THE PACKET BACK INTO THE POCKET OF HIS COAT THERE WAS A LOOK OF GRIM DETERMINATION ON HIS FACE EVEN THOUGH A BITTER SIGH ESCAPED HIS SET LIPS