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`` Pearson would be likely to know what went on , '' he remarked . `` He 's an intelligent little fellow . '' `` The fact remains that in spite of his distress and reluctance Mr. Strangeways was removed privately , and there our knowledge ends . He has not been seen since -- and a few hours after , Captain Palliser expressed his conviction , that the person he had seen through the West Room window was Mr. James Temple Barholm , Mr. Temple Temple Barholm left the house taking a midnight train , and leaving no clue as to his where-abouts or intentions . '' `` Disappeared ! '' said the duke . `` Where has he been looked for ? ''