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As Locke held the paper and Eva's slender hand spun the combination lock, Balcom and Paul moved silently forward. Although Locke was holding the paper with the combinations for Eva, he heard them come up behind him and knew that they were watching. With a quiet smile to himself he moved the paper over so that they could see it, nor were they slow to take advantage of the chance. Locke's mind was working fast, and he had a purpose in what seemed to be carelessness or even foolishness.
A moment later Eva opened the safe and from it she took a typewritten document of many pages.
It read:
Board Of Directors,
International Patents, Inc.,
New York.Gentlemen,—In view of the government's anti-trust investigation, I have prepared this list of inventions we have suppressed. I think we should discuss at our annual meeting the advisability of surrendering our rights to these inventions, no matter what may happen to the corporations we have been protecting.
Very truly yours,
Peter Brent.
Following this letter was a bulky paper, or rather set of papers, which detailed the inventions and their history, exposing some of the nefarious operations of the corporation.
Balcom, as he read the top letter, showed great agitation. As Locke took the package from Eva, Balcom interrupted:
"That's very dangerous," he said. "If it gets out, the corporations are ruined."