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described the waxwork figures. They visit Polly to ask about the waxwork figures. As they leave, Campion asks about shop nearby that sells the kind of gloves left at the scene of another murder, startling Polly. As they depart, they get word that the bus has been found, hidden at a scrapyard.
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