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"You mean, what became of you afterwards," sneered Barthorpe. "I know when you left Portland. You left it for London and you came to London to be sheltered, under your assumed name, by Jacob Herapath." "No more than that?" asked Mr. Tertius. "That's enough," answered Barthorpe.
Herapath went down to the House. That was in Portman Square. He gave them to me to get some papers out of the safe there." "Was that Safe Deposit key there at that time?" "They were all there all six. I'm certain of it," asserted Selwood. "This is the key of this safe," he went on, selecting one. "Open the safe, then," said Barthorpe. "Another safe at the Alpha, eh?" he continued, musingly.
Held! by the strong, never-relaxing clutch of the law. That "Buck up!" whispered Selwood, in the blunt language of irreverent, yet good-natured, youth. "He's coming!" Peggie looked up to see Barthorpe staring at her through the iron bars. He was not over good to look at.
It was some time before Barthorpe succeeded in getting an answer to his ring and knock; when at last the door was opened Burchill himself looked out upon him, yawning, and in a dressing-gown. And narrowly and searchingly as Barthorpe glanced at Burchill he could not see a trace of unusual surprise or embarrassment in his face. He looked just as any man might look who receives an unexpected caller.
The observant person of the sharp eyes, hanging around the gates, heard him give his order: "Portman Square!" The four men who had preceded him were standing in the study when Barthorpe drove up to the house standing around Peggie, who was obviously ill at ease and distressed. And when Barthorpe's voice was heard in the hall, Mr. Halfpenny spoke in decisive tones.
"We are at your disposal, Mr. Barthorpe Herapath," he said. "I leave the rest of these proceedings to you. You have openly and unqualifiedly accused Mr. Tertius of forging the will which we have all seen, and have said you can prove your accusations. Perhaps you'd better do it. Mind you!" he added, with a sudden heightening of tone, "mind you, I'm not asking you to prove anything.
"I think you are quite competent to read my meaning, and I now confidently expect to hear that you will take pleasure in obliging me in the way which I indicated to you in my previous letters. "Yours faithfully, Barthorpe read this communication three times, pausing over every sentence, seeking to read the meanings, the implications, the subtly veiled threat.
And while his train was making a three minutes' stop at Leicester itself, the purpose of his journey was suddenly recalled to him by hearing the strident voices of the porters on the platform. "Barthorpe next stop! next stop Barthorpe!" One of two other men who shared a smoking compartment with Bryce turned to his companion as the train moved off again. "Barthorpe?" he remarked.
"And as there's ten thousand pounds in question, more will be heard of it. Somebody'll be after that, you may be sure!" Bryce left the train at Barthorpe thanking his good luck the man in the far corner had unwittingly given him a hint. He would pay a visit to Braden Medworth the coincidence was too striking to be neglected.
And Barthorpe, now pale with anger and perplexity, had risen too and he was looking at Burchill. Mr. Halfpenny looked at both men. Then he pointed to their chairs. "Hadn't you better sit down again?" he said. "It seems to me that we're just arriving at the most interesting stage of these proceedings." Burchill stepped towards the door.
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