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"That'll do," said Breton at last. He dropped his revolver into his pocket and turned to the two old men. Elphick averted his eyes and sank into a chair in the darkest corner of the room: old Cardlestone shook as with palsy and muttered words which the two young men could not catch. "Guardian," continued Breton, "don't be frightened! And don't you be frightened, either, Mr. Cardlestone.
Cardlestone, I understand, has said to you already we have known men who went to Australia, and as this man was evidently wandering about the Temple, we thought it might have been one of them, come back. But we don't recognize him." "Couldn't recognize him," said Mr. Cardlestone. "No!" They went away together arm in arm, and Breton looked at Spargo.
"Why, the reason of Marbury's being found where he was found," replied Breton. "Of course, I see it all! Marbury was mooning around Fleet Street; he slipped into Middle Temple Lane, late as it was, just to see where old Cardlestone hangs out, and he was set upon and done for. The thing's plain to me. The only thing now is to find who did it." "Yes, that's it," agreed Spargo. "That's it."
Fortunately, our walls are thick, sir substantial. I say, sir, the man probably fell down and broke his neck. What he was doing here, I do not presume to say." "Well, it's guess, you know, Mr. Cardlestone," remarked Breton, again winking at Spargo. "But all that was found on this man was a scrap of paper on which my name and address were written.
He opened his outer door as he spoke, and Breton, with a reassuring smile and a nod at Spargo, followed him into his chambers on the first landing, motioning the journalist to keep at their heels. "Mr. Elphick tells me that he was with you until a late hour last evening, Mr. Cardlestone," he said. "Of course, neither of you heard anything suspicious?"
He allowed Spargo to give him another drink; he lifted his head and looked at the two young men with something of an appeal. "I'm badly shaken," he said. "I've suffered much lately I've learnt things that I didn't know. Perhaps I ought to have spoken before, but I was afraid for for him. He was a good friend, Cardlestone, whatever else he may have been a good friend.
That's practically all that was known of him, except that he'd just arrived from Australia." Mr. Cardlestone suddenly turned on the young barrister with a sharp, acute glance. "Eh?" he exclaimed. "What's this? You say this man had your name and address on him, young Breton! yours? And that he came from Australia?" "That's so," answered Breton. "That's all that's known." Mr.
"Just so," said Mr. Criedir. "Which makes me think that he was going to see Mr. Cardlestone when he was set upon, murdered, and robbed." Spargo looked fixedly at the retired stamp-dealer. "What, going to see an elderly gentleman in his rooms in the Temple, to offer to sell him philatelic rarities at past midnight?" he said. "I think not much!" "All right," replied Mr. Criedir.
They began to be afraid by that time Elphick had got to know all about Cardlestone's past as Chamberlayne. And as I tell you, Elphick's fond of Cardlestone. It's queer, but he is. He wants to shield him." "What did they say when you accused them?" asked Breton. "Let's keep to that point never mind their feelings for one another."
"You say Elphick didn't know until last night!" he exclaimed. "Why, then, this running away? What were they running from?" "I have no more notion than you have, Spargo," replied Myerst. "I tell you one or other of them knows something that I don't. Elphick, I gather, took fright from you, and went to Cardlestone then they both vanished. It may be that Cardlestone did kill Maitland I don't know.
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