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Very well supposing it suddenly came to his knowledge that his employer or employers, for I expect both Chestermarkes are in at it were notorious money-lenders in London, and that they carried on this secret business in the greedy and grasping fashion what do you suppose he'd do? especially if he was, as you say Horbury was, a man of considerable means?"
"The man who came here last Saturday night was Mr. Frederick Hollis, solicitor, of South Square, Gray's Inn, London. That's established, I take it, Starmidge?" "Seems so," agreed the detective. "Then the next question is Where's he got to?" said Polke. "I think the next question is Has anybody ever heard of him in connection with Mr. Horbury, or the Chestermarkes?" observed Starmidge.
Yet, according to all I've been told, Horbury's a thoroughly straight man of business." "According to all I've been told," remarked Easleby, "and all I've been told about anything has been told by yourself, the two Chestermarkes have the reputation of being thoroughly straight men of business outwardly.
And last, but certainly not least Lord Ellersdeane must offer a substantial reward for the recovery of, or news of, his missing property. Let the Chestermarkes adopt their own method if they had any of finding the alleged absconding manager; he, Starmidge, preferred to solve these mysteries by ways of his own.
Joseph Chestermarke before she went. Really, one dislikes to have to say it of one's neighbours, and of persons of the standing of the Chestermarkes, but their behaviour is is " "Suspicious, my lord, suspicious!" said Polke. "There's no denying it. And yet, they're what you might call so defiant, so brazen-faced and insolent, that " "Here's your London man," interrupted the Earl.
"I'm suggesting that on that night of Hollis's visit to Scarnham, Horbury, through Hollis, became acquainted with the Chestermarke secret," replied Easleby, "and that he let the Chestermarkes know it. And in that case what would happen?" Starmidge walked slowly on at his companion's side, thinking.
A sudden impression crossed his mind never, he thought, were there two men from whom it was so difficult to get a word as these Chestermarkes who had such a queer habit of staring in silence at one! "The the housekeeper appears to have run away," he said haltingly. "That's somewhat queer, isn't it?" "We understand Mrs. Carswell has left the house and the town," replied Gabriel.
I've had a dozen ideas but they're a bit mixed at present. Have you after what we've found out?" "What sort of banking business is it the Chestermarkes carry on down there at Scarnham?" asked Easleby. "I suppose you'd get a general idea." "Usual thing in a small country town," replied Starmidge. "Highly respectable, county family business, I should say, from what I saw and heard."
Starmidge wanted to take a look at the house in which Joseph Chestermarke spent his bachelor existence. Since his own arrival in the town, he had been learning all he could about the two Chestermarkes, and he was puzzled about them.
Now what are those two Chestermarkes after? Why didn't one of them come here? What are they doing? And what's the mystery? James Polke, my boy, here's a handful for you!" If Polke had been able to look into Chestermarke's Bank just then, he would have failed to notice any particular evidences of mystery.
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