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a secret way to write a disguised message; or such a message; or the act of writing such a message; or a key used to disguise such a message
- The lock was silver, though tarnished from age; at each end were the imperfect remains of handles also of silver, broken perhaps prematurely by some strange violence; and, on the centre of the lid, was a mysterious cipher, in the same metal.Chapter 21 (11% in)
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