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Excerpt from Hushed Up: A Mystery
"And he died mysteriously?"
"The doctors certified that he died from natural causes - heart failure."
"That is what the world believes, of course. His death was a nation's loss, and the truth was hushed up. But you, Phil Poland, know it. Upon the floor was found something - a cigar - eh?"
"Nothing very extraordinary in that, surely? He died while smoking."
"Yes," said the bald-headed man, bending towards the other and lowering his voice into a whisper. "He died while smoking a cigar - a cigar that had been poisoned! You know it well enough. What's the use of trying to affect ignorance-with me!"
"Well," asked Philip Poland after a brief pause, his brows knit and his face drawn and pale.
"Well, I merely wish to recall that somewhat unpleasant fact, and to tell you that I know the truth," said the other with slow deliberation, his eyes fixed upon the man seated opposite him.
"Why recall unpleasant facts?" asked Poland, with a faint attempt to smile. "I never do."
"A brief memory is always an advantage," remarked Arnold Du Cane, with a sinister grin.
"Ah! I quite follow you." Poland said.
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