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The police authorities, finding that the affair had assumed dimensions of an astonishing magnitude, decided to seek the aid of the Press, and to publish the entire story in the fullest possible fashion. And Allerdyke and all London woke next morning to find the newspapers alive with a new sensation, and every other man asking his neighbour what it all meant.
"He just mentioned that he knew her mentioned it in casual conversation," answered Fullaway. "She and I being fellow Americans, the subject interested me, of course. But he only said that he had met her in Russia." "Aye, well," said Allerdyke musingly, "it's true he did go across to Russia a good deal, and no doubt he knew folk there that he never told me about."
"I only saw that woman for a minute or two, by moonlight, when she stuck her face out of her car to ask the way," replied Allerdyke, "but I'll lay all I'm worth to a penny-piece that the woman I then saw is the woman whose picture we're staring at. Great Scott! So she's a famous singer, is she? You know of her, of course?
He said he expected a friend, who might turn up at any hour of the night, and he wanted to leave a card for him. That would be you, I suppose, sir?" "Just so," replied Allerdyke. "Now, how did he seem at that time? And what time was that?" "Ten o'clock," said the manager. "Seem? Well, sir, he seemed to be in the very best of health and spirits! I was astonished to hear that he was dead.
James Allerdyke was bringing here a valuable parcel of jewels from Russia. And," concluded Mrs. Marlow quietly, "from what I saw of him, Ebers was a smart man." Van Koon, who had been listening attentively to all this, turned a half-whimsical, half-reproving glance on Fullaway, who sat in a contrite attitude, drumming his fingers on the polished table.
Allerdyke, if they mean anything at all, mean that your cousin was bringing these valuable jewels with him; had them on him when he cabled from Christiania. And if you did not find them when you searched him where are they? Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds' worth!"
But then I, of course, was carrying what I believed to be my jewel-case." "Did you see him talking to any of your fellow-passengers that night?" "Oh, yes to two or three of them in the hall of the hotel. I didn't know who they were, particularly except the doctor with the big beard. I saw him talking to Mr. Allerdyke at the door of the smoking-room."
Allerdyke!" she said, opening the bag and taking an envelope from it. "I've something for you. See here's the photograph your cousin gave me. You were wrong, you see there's no spot in it it's a particularly clear print. Look!" In Allerdyke's big palm she laid the very photograph which, according to all his reckoning, was that which Chettle had found within the cover of Lydenberg's watch.
"A dark young man who led two pugs a dark young man who led two pugs! With blue ribbons on their necks with blue ribbons on their necks, same as Christians!" It was half-past eleven when Allerdyke reached Gresham Street: by half-past one, so curiously and rapidly did events crowd upon each other, he was in a state of complete mental confusion.
Fullaway knew that these jewels were coming " He paused and gave the secretary a keen look. And Allerdyke, watching her just as keenly, saw her face and eyes as calm and inscrutable as ever; it was absolutely evident that nothing could move this woman, no chance word or allusion take her unawares. Van Koon smiled, and leaned nearer.
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