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3. He did not loose his grip of the book.

4. He pitched on his head at the bottom.

5. Neck broken, skull cracked; either injury fatal.

6. Good health; good sight; good dancer.

He filled himself a pipe and sat for some time staring at this list. Then he searched in a drawer and produced a piece of notepaper, which seemed to be an unfinished letter, or the abandoned draft of one.

“Dear Mr. Pym,—I think it only right that you should know that there is something going on in the office which is very undesirable, and might lead to serious—”

After a little more thought, he laid this document aside and began to scribble on another sheet, erasing and re-writing busily. Presently a slow smile twitched his lips.

“I'll swear there's something in it,” he muttered, “something pretty big. But the job is, to handle it. One's got to go for the money—but where's it coming from? Not from Pym, I fancy. It doesn't seem to be his personal show, and you can't blackmail a whole office. I wonder, though. After all, he'd probably pay a good bit to prevent—”