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one of the men droops his eyelids in a characteristic gesture that Hannay recognizes — it is the owner of the cottage in
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cabinet full of explosives, Hannay uses his experience as a mining engineer to escape by blowing the window from its frame. Eventually he manages to catch a train south, hoping to find Sir Walter Bullivant at his home in
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