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This is a high-power, French car which seems to have been registered first in Paris, where it was made, then in Cairo, and lastly in London. It is the property of the gentleman whose telephone number is 18642 East Mr. I. Gianapolis; and the reason of its frequent presence in the neighborhood of the West India Dock Road, is this: it is kept in a garage in Wharf-End Lane, off Limehouse Causeway.
East 18642 was much in demand that week; and there were numerous meetings between Soames and Gianapolis at the corner of Victoria Street, and numerous whiskies-and-sodas in the Red Lion; for Gianapolis persisted in his patronage of that establishment, apparently for no other reason than because it was dangerously near to Scotland Yard, and an occasional house of call for members of the Criminal Investigation Department.
They rarely go that far, however, as it leads nowhere." "But if you have the telephone number of this man, Gianapolis," cried Dr. Cumberly, "you must also have his address"... "We obtained both from the Eastern Exchange," interrupted Inspector Dunbar. "The instrument, number 18642 East, is installed in an office in Globe Road.
Later in the week, Wednesday or Thursday, we will meet by appointment, and discuss further details." "Where can I see you?" "Ring up this number: 18642 East, and ask for Mr. King. No! don't write it down; remember it! I will come to the telephone, and arrange a meeting." Shortly after this, then, the interview concluded; and later in the afternoon of that day Mr.
The fourth, an engineer, seemed a "possible" to Soames, although his published number was not 18642; but a brief a very brief conversation, convinced the butler that this was not his man. He had been away from the flat for over an hour, and he doubted if even the lax sense of discipline possessed by Mr. Leroux would enable that gentleman to overlook this irregularity.
Standing in the lobby, Soames raised the telephone receiver, and having paused with closed eyes preparing the exact form of words in which he should address his invisible employer, he gave the number: East 18642. Following a brief delay: "Yes," came a nasal voice, "who is it?" "Soames! I want to speak to Mr. King!"
He entered the office of the taxicab depot on the next corner, and, from the man whom he found in charge, solicited and obtained the favor of using the telephone. Lifting the receiver, he asked for East 18642. The seconds that elapsed, now, were as hours of deathly suspense to the man at the telephone. If the number should be engaged!... If the exchange could get no reply!...
King to which you have gone on such and such an occasion? He replies with perfect truth, 'I do not know. Believe me this little device is quite in your own interest, M. Gaston." "But when again I feel myself compelled to resort to the solace of the pipe, how then?" "So simple! You will step to the telephone and ask for this number: East 18642. You will then ask for Mr.
"Hullo!" said a nasal voice "who is it?" "It is Soames and I want to speak to Mr. King!" He lowered his tone as much as possible, almost whispering his own name. He knew the voice which had answered him; it was the same that he always heard when ringing up East 18642. But would Gianapolis come to the telephone? Suddenly "Is that Soames?" spoke the sing-song voice of the Greek. "Yes, yes!"
King who actually admitted me to the establishment is one Gianapolis; address unknown, but telephone number 18642 East. Make a note of him, that Gianapolis." "I'll arrest him in the morning," said Sowerby, writing furiously in his notebook. "Nom d'un p'tit bonhomme!
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