The bushy brows of that gentleman rose at the sight
of his visitor. It couldnt have been Cawler, said Cody fretfully. Cody, his head on
one side, waited expectantly.
I am humiliated to discover that I have made a
mistake.
I cannot tell you how sorry I was to hear of your
great trouble.
I am in reality his cousin twice removed. On the
contrary, it called, and I and some thirty passengers embarked.
He swung the car out on the main road and drove
back to Weald House at breakneck speed. He glanced at the instrument that stood on
the top of the escritoire. We should have known for sure, he said at
last.
To be seen out with you is like wearing my name and
licence. I am worried a little about the consequence, dear.
The police will come sooner or later, and they will
make a search of my house.
It was very old; the red had been hastily painted
on the glass. Cody looked round the gloomy hall like a man frightened.
He picked up the torch he had dropped and turned
the light on the ground.
You cannot develop muscle except at the expense of
brain, my dear fellow.
He was almost grateful to his guest for the
possession of such an article. He glanced at the instrument that stood on the top of
the escritoire. His name is Dick Martin, he said, and he is a detective. Ask
Morpheus to put you down on your feet, and listen to this.
As a debater, Tommy Cawler did not regard his
master as being worthy of his metal.
Youll do nothing of the kind, said Dick
ungraciously.
Have you ever seen this wandering Selford? Have you
any friends in the country, maam?
Briefly he told the story of the blotting - paper
he had found in the hotel in Buenos Aires. Youre passing across the latest mystery
story by the celebrated Mr Doyle. It is a pity that my Beppo was not in the grounds.
I am in reality his cousin twice removed.
What does Stalletti do for a living, Mr Havelock?
He asked Mrs Lansdown if she had heard of Stalletti, but she shook her
head.
He saw, by the lights of the headlamps, a gap,
where there was evidently a gate.
You cannot develop muscle except at the expense of
brain, my dear fellow.