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`` I 've got an idea , '' he replied , `` but I want to make sure . Kybird and Smith are old friends , as Nugent might have known , only he was always too high and mighty to take any interest in his inferiors . There 's something for you to go on . '' He bent over his desk again and worked steadily until one o'clock -- his hour for lunching . Then he put on his hat and coat , and after a comfortable meal sallied out in search of Mr. Smith . -LSB- Illustration : `` In search of Mr. Smith . '' -RSB- The boarding-house , an old and dilapidated building , was in a bystreet convenient to the harbour .