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Selwood and Cox-Raythwaite, who until then had remained in ignorance of the little foreigner's identity, started and looked at him with interest. So this was the missing witness! But Davidge remained cool and unimpressed. "Ah, just so!" he said. "Foreign gentleman, no doubt. And you and Mr. Dimambro are the only persons who know the real truth about that little affair, eh, Mr. Burchill.
Herapath the pearls which he had brought, sold them to him, and received from him, in payment for them, a cheque for three thousand guineas. This transaction being conducted, Mr. Engledew had entrusted to him, showed them to Dimambro, and asked his opinion as to how they could best be reset.
There Luigi Dimambro November 11th to yes 13th. Two days only. Then he go leave us, eh?" "Oh, then, he's not here now," said Selwood, affecting disappointment. "That's a pity. I wanted to see him. I wonder if he left any address?" The manager showed more politeness in returning to the hotel office and making inquiry. He came back full of disappointment that he could not oblige his customer.
Professor Cox-Raythwaite in his turn handled the cheque. Its face gave him small concern; what he was most interested in was the endorsement on the back. Without saying anything to his companions, he memorized that endorsement, and he was still murmuring it to himself when, a few minutes later, he walked out of the bank. "Luigi Dimambro, Hotel Ravenna, Soho."
That was all the waiter could remember of the guest; he remembered just about as much of Number 5, which was that Dimambro was a shortish, stoutish gentleman, with a slight black beard and moustache.
Deeply interesting, I'll be bound." Burchill pulled a chair to the table, opposite Selwood and the Professor. He put the tips of his fingers together and assumed an explanatory manner. "I shall have to begin at the beginning," he said. "You'll all please to follow me closely. Now, to commence Mrs. Engledew permits me to speak for her as well as for Mr. Dimambro.
"If this foreign fellow, Dimambro, was the man who called at the House, I don't see what that's got to do with the murder. Jacob Herapath, of course, had business affairs with all sorts of queer people Italians, Spaniards, Chinese many a Tom, Dick, and Harry of 'em; he bought curios of all descriptions, and often sold them again as soon as bought."
Selwood repaired to the polite manager again next day and found no difficulty in getting whatever information the hotel staff represented by a manageress, a general man-servant, and a maid or two could give. It was meagre, and not too exact in particulars. Mr. Dimambro, who had never been there before, had stopped two days. He had occupied Room 5 the gentleman could see it if he wished. Mr.
Well, and your other point?" "I should like to know what the cheque for three thousand guineas was for," answered the Professor. "It was paid out to one Luigi Dimambro, whose address was written down by himself in endorsing the cheque as Hotel Ravenna, Soho.
Dimambro had been in and out most of the time. On the 13th he had gone out early in the morning; by ten o'clock he had returned, paid his bill, and gone away with his luggage one suit-case. No he had had no callers at the hotel.
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