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  1. "He's been attacked."
  2.  
  3. "Attacked?"
  4.  
  5. "Yes, just as he was turning out of the High Street, and within a
  6. hundred yards of the gate of Old's."
  7.  
  8. "But who----"
  9.  
  10. "Ah, that's the rub! If you said 'what,' you would be more
  11. grammatical. Norton swears that it was not human, and, indeed, from
  12. the scratches on his throat, I should be inclined to agree with him."
  13.  
  14. "What, then? Have we come down to spooks?"
  15.  
  16. Abercrombie Smith puffed his scientific contempt.
  17.  
  18. "Well, no; I don't think that is quite the idea, either. I am inclined
  19. to think that if any showman has lost a great ape lately, and the brute
  20. is in these parts, a jury would find a true bill against it.
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