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“ Wentworth smiled at her, stopped the car before police headquarters and kissed Nita for all the world to see.
“No, darling,” he said, “It is you who have forgotten.”
And he led the puzzled and still reluctant girl to the office of the police commissioner. An officer sprang up smartly and swung open the door, ushering into the presence of Stanley Kirkpatrick, the Spider and Nita van Sloan.
Nita stared in bewilderment at the three persons she saw there. Virginia Doeg, a young man she didn't know, but whom Wentworth bowed to and addressed as Handley, and Commissioner Kirkpatrick. ”

“ She heard, as in a dream, Wentworth's voice grating as it never naturally did and realized that he had been disguising his tones there in the cavern. Then Kirkpatrick stopped the machine and turned toward Wentworth.
“It's very obvious, Dick,” he said, “that the Spider's voice is not yours. But that eccentric gentleman left nothing to chance. He told me over the phone—” He smiled and drew toward him a slip of paper. “I think I have the exact words. 'I do not appreciate your confusing me with that numbskull, Wentworth. ”

“ He pressed the side of the bag at the point he had indicated, and suddenly a harshly vehement voice spoke from the bag with a tone so life-like that Nita started:
“Why do you continue to hide behind that mask? Do you think I am a complete fool? ”