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was the dining room, where he found Yaktarina’s saucer lled to
the top with fresh milk. e window was wide open and it was
obvious that someone had been there just a short while before
and had poured the cat her milk. e sound of the pebbles that
Leiby had thrown at the window had probably frightened o
the intruder, for other than the cat, there was no one in sight.

Leiby walked through the farmhouse, noting the disorder in
the corridor and the many packages strewn all over the oor. A
sudden thought struck him and he left it all, running straight
to the o ce. e door was wide open, papers and documents
littered the oor and it seemed that someone had left in a hurry.

Chapter 27Alexander’s knapsack had disappeared, and the picture of the

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