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"Look you here!" he exclaimed suddenly. "Clue? Yes, that's what we want. Where's that clue likely to be found? Why, in this, and this only who knew, person or persons, that my cousin was bringing those jewels from the Princess Nastirsevitch to this country? Get to know that, and it narrows the field, d'ye see?" "There's the question of Miss Lennard's jewels, too," remarked Fullaway.
No men, for instance?" M. Bonnechose shook his head. Then, once again, his face brightened. "No!" he said. "But once just once I saw Federman talking to a man in the street Shaftesbury Avenue. A clean-shaven man, well built, brown hair a Frenchman, I think. But, of course, a stranger to me." The chief exchanged a glance with Allerdyke and Fullaway both knew what that glance meant.
Allerdyke and Partners, Limited, Gresham Street ask for Mr. Marshall Allerdyke. But as I'll have to put up here, I'll go to the Waldorf, with Mr. Fullaway, so if you want me you'll find me there. And look here," he went on, as the chief noted these particulars, "I want to know, to have some idea, you know, of what's going to be done.
"It's a fortunate thing for me to have a man who seems to know everybody," remarked Allerdyke. "I suppose it's living in London gives you so much acquaintance?" "It's my business to know a lot of people," answered Fullaway. "The more the better for my purposes. I'll tell you how I came to know your cousin later that's rather interesting. Well, here's the place, and it's five to eight now.
Man alive, we've hit it at once! Look!" Fullaway slowly read this announcement aloud. When he had made an end of it he laughed. "So your mysterious lady of the midnight motor, your Miss Celia Lennard of the Hull hotel, is the great and only Zélie de Longarde, eh?" he said. "Well, I guess that makes matters a lot easier and clearer. But you're sure it isn't a case of striking resemblance?"
"Well, I suppose we've got to stick out the other four. I'm not great on music, Fullaway don't know one tune from another. However, I reckon I can stand a bit of noise until my lady shows herself."
"Man from our side who's been here in London all this spring," answered Fullaway promptly. "He was coming with Allerdyke and me just now, but he turned back just when you and Delkin drove in here." Chilverton gave Fullaway a quick look. "Did he see me?" he asked. "Sure!" replied Fullaway. "Asked who you were or I did." "You did," remarked Allerdyke. "Then he went off."
And the official heard, and made mental notes, soaking everything into some proper cell of his brain, and he said nothing until Fullaway had come to an end, and at that end he turned to Celia Lennard. "You can, of course, describe your maid?" he asked. "Certainly!" answered Celia. "To every detail."
I've been at it, hard at it! every minute since I left you. And I had to come. I've news." "Come up," said Allerdyke. "I've news, too it's been naught else but news all day. You haven't seen Fullaway while you've been waiting?" "Seen nobody but the hotel folks," answered the detective. He followed Allerdyke up to his private sitting-room and sighed wearily as he dropped into a chair.
For look you here your secretary was talking to us in your room there at less than five minutes to one, and we left her here when we went out on the stroke of one. And yet look at the wire! she handed that in at the East Strand post office within ten minutes after we'd left her! What do you make of that?" "Damnation!" exclaimed Fullaway. "How the blazes do I know what to make of it!
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