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Stewart did not -- could not have been the offender or hero . '' `` How do you know he could n't ? '' demanded Dorothy , flushing . `` Because he was clean-shaven to-day at noon , before we rode out . I remember perfectly how nice and smooth and brown his face looked . '' `` Oh , do you ? Well , if your memory for faces is so good , maybe you can tell me which one of these cowboys was n't clean-shaven . ''