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It's a mere matter of form we shall get the warrant at once. Then Starmidge and I will go and execute it. Miss Fosdyke just do what I suggest, if you please. Mr. Neale will take you to Mr. Pellworthy, the solicitor he was your uncle's solicitor, and a friend of his. Tell him all about your visit to the bank this morning.
I can't make the behaviour of these people out at all and I'm getting more and more uneasy about the whole thing, Miss Fosdyke as I'm sure you are. I wonder if the police will find the man who came to the Station Hotel on Saturday? Now, if they could lay hands on him, and get to know who he was, and what he wanted, and if he really met your uncle "
Neale suffered his hostess to lead him upstairs to a private parlour. And when they were once within it, Miss Fosdyke shut the door and turned on him. "Now, Wallie Neale!" she said, "out with it! What is the meaning of all this infernal mystery? And where's my uncle?" Neale dropped into a chair and lifted a despairing countenance to his downright questioner. "I don't know!" he said.
Now, Mrs. Depledge, about my dinner. I'll have it in my sitting-room, and I'll have it early. At this moment Miss Fosdyke became aware of Neale's presence, and that this eminently good-looking young man was not only smiling at her, but was holding out a hand which he evidently expected to be taken. "You've forgotten me!" said Neale.
"Do you know that they've just now refused Miss Fosdyke permission to examine her uncle's belongings?" continued the Earl. "That they wouldn't even let her enter the house?" "No, I didn't know," replied Neale. "But I'm not surprised. Nothing that those two could do would ever surprise me." "Feeling that, what do you advise in this case?" asked the Earl.
Neale never heard him mention Mr. Frederick Hollis by name at any time. And there's now staying in the town Mr. Horbury's niece, Miss Fosdyke; she, too, never heard her uncle speak of any Mr. Hollis. Then, as to business the partners at Chestermarke's Bank declare that they know nothing whatever of your brother Mr. Gabriel, the senior partner, has seen the poor gentleman, and didn't recognize him.
Poetry, committed to memory and recited, is a valuable means toward this end. May I hope that your studies have enabled you to carry out my views?" Formal enough in language, but courteous and kind in manner. I relieved Mrs. Fosdyke from anxiety by informing her that we had a professor of elocution at school. And then I was left to improve my acquaintance with my three pupils.
Supposing Horbury has robbed them, they aren't forced to tell us how much or how little he's robbed 'em of!" "All in good time," remarked the detective. "We're only beginning. Let's go and talk to this Miss Fosdyke a bit. She doesn't mind what money she spends on this business, you say?" "Not if it costs her her last penny!" answered Polke. "All right," said Starmidge.
"But I don't attach much importance to that. However if there are any secret places around " "There's a nice cup of tea coming in for you and Mr. Pellworthy in a minute, Miss Fosdyke," said Polke. "We'll all have to put our dinner off a bit, I reckon." He motioned to the detective to follow him out of the room. "Here's a nice go!" he whispered. "The housekeeper's off! Bolted without a doubt!
"Of course, you know it's been put in our hands." "Not by us!" snapped Gabriel. "Quite so, sir, by Lord Ellersdeane, and by Mr. Horbury's niece, Miss Fosdyke," assented Polke. "The young lady, of course, is naturally anxious about her uncle's safety, and Lord Ellersdeane is anxious about the Countess's jewels. And we hear that securities of yours are missing."
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