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`` At least it eliminates the very tall and the stout , '' Ranleigh observed . `` Let me ask you , what do you make of Mrs. Winton 's appointment at the Chateau at five , and her being gowned in black ? '' `` A mere coincidence , I think . What would be her object in telling this story to you between three and four o'clock , and meeting me at five to recover the lost document . '' `` Search me ! I 'm sure only of this : there are too many women in this affair , Mr. Harleston , too many women ! Man is a reasoning being and somewhat consistent ; but women -- '' a gesture ended the remark .