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"

Key

is

in

the

lock

all

right

,

sir

,

"

he

said

,

rising

.

"

On

the

inside

.

Mr

.

Ackroyd

must

have

locked

himself

in

and

possibly

just

dropped

off

to

sleep

.

"

I

bent

down

and

verified

Parker

’

s

statement

.

"

It

seems

all

right

,

"

I

said

,

"

but

,

all

the

same

,

Parker

,

I

’

m

going

to

wake

your

master

up

.

I

shouldn

’

t

be

satisfied

to

go

home

without

hearing

from

his

own

lips

that

he

’

s

quite

all

right

.

"

So

saying

,

I

rattled

the

handle

and

called

out

,

"

Ackroyd

,

Ackroyd

,

just

a

minute

.

"

But

still

there

was

no

answer

.

I

glanced

over

my

shoulder

.

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"

I

don

’

t

want

to

alarm

the

household

,

"

I

said

hesitatingly

.

Parker

went

across

and

shut

the

door

from

the

big

hall

through

which

we

had

come

.

"

I

think

that

will

be

all

right

now

,

sir

.

The

billiard

room

is

at

the

other

side

of

the

house

,

and

so

are

the

kitchen

quarters

and

the

ladies

"

bedrooms

.

"

I

nodded

comprehendingly

.

Then

I

banged

once

more

frantically

on

the

door

,

and

stooping

down

,

fairly

bawled

through

the

keyhole

:

"

Ackroyd

,

Ackroyd

!

It

’

s

Sheppard

.

Let

me

in

.

"

And

still

–

silence

.

Not

a

sign

of

life

from

within

the

locked

room

.

Parker

and

I

glanced

at

each

other

.

"

Look

here

,

Parker

,

"

I

said

,

"

I

’

m

going

to

break

this

door

in

–

or

rather

,

we

are

.

I

’

ll

take

the

responsibility

.

"

"

If

you

say

so

,

sir

,

"

said

Parker

,

rather

doubtfully

.

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"

I

do

say

so

.

I

’

m

seriously

alarmed

about

Mr

.

Ackroyd

.

"

"

I

looked

round

the

small

lobby

and

picked

up

a

heavy

oak

chair

.

Parker

and

I

held

it

between

us

and

advanced

to

the

assault

.

Once

,

twice

,

and

three

times

we

hurled

it

against

the

lock

.

At

the

third

blow

it

gave

,

and

we

staggered

into

the

room

.

Ackroyd

was

sitting

as

I

had

left

him

in

the

armchair

before

the

fire

.

His

head

had

fallen

sideways

,

and

clearly

visible

,

just

below

the

collar

of

his

coat

,

was

a

shining

piece

of

twisted

metalwork

.

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