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`` Yes ; thanks to the skill of the reporters who wrote up his story , '' cried Breffny . `` We visited many morgues in search of her , Louise and I , '' said I , quoting the most effective passage of the narrative . `` I did know of one case of a husband starting off at random to find his runaway wife , '' observed Breffny . `` As there 's yet an hour to midnight , we have time for one of your stories . '' `` I can tell this in five minutes . All I know of the story is the beginning . No one ever heard of the end .