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`` Ditto , '' said Frank , stretching himself . The two tressels , which were always removed from the room during the day , had been brought in , and were by this time occupied by Mason and Williams , whose duty it was to keep watch that night . Baxmore , the sub-engineer of the station , sat down at the desk to read over the events of the day , and the others rose to leave . `` By the way , Baxmore , '' said Dale , `` what was that false alarm at 2 p.m. when I was down at Watling Street ? '' `` Only a chemist in Kensington , who , it seems , is mad after makin ' experiments , and all but blew the roof off his house with one of 'em . '' `` Ah ! only smoke , I suppose , '' said Dale .