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"Which of 'em is Delkin, then?" asked Allerdyke as the automobile swept into the courtyard. "Big or little?" "The little fellow with the spectacles," replied Fullaway. "Quiet, unobtrusive man, Delkin but cute as they're made. Know the other man, Van Koon?" Van Koon had twisted round and was staring back in the direction from which they had come, he shook his head, a little absent-mindedly.
"But," he said, tapping the table in emphasis of his words, "there was somebody else who knew of this deal, somebody whose name Fullaway there steadfastly refuses to bring in. Delkin!" Fullaway suddenly laughed, throwing up his arms. "Delkin!" he exclaimed satirically. "A millionaire several times over! The thing's ridiculous, Van Koon! Delkin would kick me out if I went and asked him "
"Through this fellow Ebers!" broke in Fullaway excitedly. "It's all rot to think that Mrs. Marlow had anything to do with it! Great Scott! do any of you mean to suggest that she engineered several murders, and " Delkin laughed a soft, cynical laugh. "You're lumping a lot of big stuff altogether, Fullaway," he remarked drily. "Do you know what I think of all this business?
Allerdyke, let's be plain there's no two ways about it, no doubt whatever of it, the only people in England that we're aware of who knew about this Nastirsevitch jewel transaction are Fullaway and whoever he has in his employ! We know of nobody else unless, indeed, it's the Chicago millionaire, Delkin, and he's not very likely to have wanted to go in for a job of this sort.
"Delkin will have to be asked," interrupted Van Koon. "You will not face the facts, Fullaway. That's a fact, Fullaway, which cannot be got over." "Psha!" exclaimed Fullaway. "I suppose you think Delkin, who could buy up the best jeweller's shop in London or Paris and throw its contents to the street children to play with " "What is it that's in your mind, Mr.
As for Delkin, that's a straight story, too anyway, there's a Chicago millionaire of that name been in town some weeks he's stopping at the Hotel Cecil has a palatial suite there and his daughter's about to marry Lord Hexwater. All correct there, Mr. Allerdyke, too I mean as regards all that Fullaway told you." "Well, there's something in knowing all that, Ambler, my lad," answered Allerdyke.
Suddenly he nodded his head towards a far corner. "There's Delkin and the Princess, and the man who was with them, sitting at a table over there," he said. "I didn't know that Delkin and the Princess were acquainted. But then, of course, they're both staying in this hotel, and they're both American. Well, shall we go to them now, Allerdyke, or shall we sit down here and wait a bit for Van Koon?"
Allerdyke encountered this direct question with a long, fixed stare of growing comprehension; his silence showed that he was gradually taking in its significance. "Aye, just so!" he said at last. "Just so! How much do I know of any of 'em? Well, of Fullaway no more than I've seen. Of his secretary no more than what I've seen and heard. Of Delkin no more than that such a man exists.
I think this affair has all been planned from your own office!" Fullaway flushed and sat up in an attitude of sudden indignation. "Oh, come, Mr. Delkin!" he exclaimed. "Go softly, young man." said Delkin. "I mean no harm to you, and no reflections on you. But you know, I've been in your office a few times, and I have eyes in my head.
"But remember that all I can inquire about will be in the ordinary business way," continued Appleyard. "I can ascertain if there is a Delkin in town, who's a Chicago millionaire, and if Fullaway's a reputable business man but that'll be all. As to the secretary, I can't do anything." "I'll keep an eye on her myself," said Allerdyke. "Well, do this, then, and let me know the results.
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