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`` That 's already decided ! '' asserted Hill . `` Whatever makes you think it ai n't ? '' `` Look at that letter you received at noon , Hiram , '' went on Clancy . `` You were asked to come to eighteen-twenty ` Q ' Street , were n't you ? '' `` Yes , '' Hiram answered , consulting the letter . `` Well , '' explained Clancy , `` I wired the chief of police at San Diego , asking him who lives at that number in Q Street .