Famous artist painting

Famous artist painting
During the afternoon Bunting bought papers recklessly - in fact, he must have spent the best part of six-pence. But in spite of all the supposed and suggested clues, there was nothing - nothing at all new to read, less, in fact than ever before.
The police, it was clear, were quite at a loss, and Mrs. Bunting began to feel curiously better, less tired, less ill, less - less terrified than she had felt through the morning.
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And then something happened which broke with dramatic suddenness the quietude of the day.
They had had their tea, and Bunting was reading the last of the papers he had run out to buy, when suddenly there came a loud, thundering, double knock at the door.
Mrs. Bunting looked up, startled. "Why, whoever can that be?" she said.
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