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"Yes, sir."

"Lay out my gray business suit, Julian. And see that I get dressed in a hurry."

Benjamin Boot walked through a living room with heliotrope wallpaper in delicate design and dainty
furniture, into a bedroom with tender pink-coral walls, a white wall, and a lovely old bedroom suite in
ancient ivory. There were flowers growing everywhere, several more canaries, and exquisite pictures on
the walls. The apartment was a thing of loveliness, arranged with a touch somehow more dainty than a
woman could have managed.

"Julian," said Boot, "did you ever hear of man named Doc Savage?"

"Yes, sir," replied the servant.

"What have you heard about him?"

"Mr. Savage composed a series of selections particularly adapted to the violin," Julian replied. "There is a
touch of genius to the work. They are going to become famous in future centuries."

Benjamin Boot was surprised.

"Oh, so he composes music, too! I had heard of him as a scientist. One of my mining companies is using
an invention of his for using very short ultraviolet rays to locate deposits of fluorescent minerals at night.
Such minerals as scheelite, which is seventy percent tungsten."

Julian hesitated. "I . . . ah . . . have heard of Doc Savage as a man of violence, too."

Benjamin Boot laughed.

"That," he said, "is why I am going to see Doc Savage about this confounded mystery. I think this affair
needs his peculiar brand of violence. And, take it from me, Julian, the violence of Doc Savage is in a
class by itself."

"Yes, sir."

"Also take good care of the two prisoners, Julian. In case they should escape, I feel almost sure I would
separate you from your ears."

"Yes, sir."



Chapter II. MYSTERY AT MOLDENHAEUR
BENJAMIN BOOT entered a skyscraper in the center of the city. He was exceedingly well dressed,
twirled a cane, and hummed thoughtfully. Seen from the rear, he gave the impression of a male movie
star, but viewed from the front his homely, stupid, asinine face so dominated his appearance that he
looked like a harmless half-wit out for the afternoon.

The skyscraper was the tallest in that part of the city. He went to the elevator starter.