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The chemist made no reply , but Hobbs stepped into the breach valiantly . `` Keep yer ` air on , Fred , '' he vociferated . `` Siddle means no ` arm . But wot else are yer a-doing of , mornin ' , noon , an ' night ? '' Elkin laughed , with his queer croak . `` If you stay here a day or two , you 'll soon get to know what they 're driving at , sir , '' he said to Franklin . `` The fact is that this chap , Grant , who found the body , and in whose garden the murder was committed , has been making eyes at the girl I 'm as good as engaged to .