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That was the devil of the whole thing! in Pratt's opinion. Adept himself in working underground, he feared people who adopted the same tactics. What was this stranger chap after? What did he know? What was he doing? Had he let Eldrick know anything? Was there a web of detectives already being spun around himself?
"What do you mean? John Mallathorpe's will!" she exclaimed. "What do I know of John Mallathorpe's will? There never was " "Mrs. Mallathorpe!" interrupted Eldrick. "Don't! I'm speaking in your interest, I tell you! There was a will! It was made on the morning of John Mallathorpe's death. It was found by Mr.
And since last night he had known that Collingwood had just been called to the Bar, and was on the threshold of what Eldrick, who evidently knew all about it, believed to be a promising career. Well, there he was in the flesh; and Pratt, who was a born observer of men and events, took a good look at him as he stood just within the private room, talking to Eldrick.
"Anyway, he's now being proved to be even deeper than I'd ever considered him. Well other folk than Pratt are possessed of pretty good wits." Before he left the office that evening Eldrick was handed a telegram from Messrs. Halstead & Byner, of St. Martin's Chambers, informing him that their Mr.
"It might have been about the lease of that property in Horsebridge Land, sir," he said, glancing at his principal. "He did mention that, you know, when he was in here a few weeks ago." "Just so," agreed Eldrick. "Well, you'll let me know if we can be of use," he went on, as Collingwood turned away. "Pratt can be at your disposal, any time." Collingwood thanked him and went off.
And Murgatroyd put the money in his pocket, and presently went home, persuading himself that everything would be all right. Byner watched Eldrick and Collingwood inquisitively as they bent over Halstead's telegram. He was not surprised when Collingwood merely nodded in silence nor when Eldrick turned excitedly in his own direction. "There! what did I tell you?" he exclaimed.
Have you ever heard of any of these cheque forms being made use of?" "Never!" replied Eldrick. "No forgery of your name or anything?" suggested the caller. "No," said Eldrick. "There's been nothing of that sort." "I can soon ascertain if these bank-notes have reached the Bank of England," said Byner. "That's a simple matter. Now suppose they haven't!" "Well?" asked Eldrick.
Eldrick and Collingwood, returning to the hall from the room in which they and the detectives had found Pratt's dead body, stood a little later in earnest conversation with Prydale, who had just come there from an interview with Esther Mawson. Nesta Mallathorpe suddenly called to them from the stairs, at the same time beckoning them to go up to her.
"I am not going to be frightened by anything that Esther Mawson says. Nor by what you say!" she continued, turning on Eldrick. "All that has got to be proved. Who can prove it? What can prove it? Do you think I am going to give up my rights without fighting for them? I shall swear that every word of Esther Mawson's is a lie! No one can bring forward a will that doesn't exist.
I'll write both messages you put the addresses on, and get the wire off we must have him down here as soon as possible." "One address is 53x, Pump Court; the other's 96, Cloburn Square," remarked Pratt consulting the book. "There's an express from King's Cross at 8.15 which gets here midnight." "Oh, it would do if he came down first thing in the morning leave it to him," said Eldrick.
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