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You're a clever hand, Allerdyke most lifelike portrait I ever saw. Well any news?" It was with a mighty effort of will that Allerdyke controlled himself sufficiently to be able to answer Fullaway's question with calmness. This was for him a critical moment.
"You had better let your minds go back to the morning of the 13th May last," continued Miss Slade, paying no apparent heed to this interruption. "On that morning I arrived at Mr. Fullaway's office at my usual time, ten o'clock, to find that Mr. Fullaway had departed suddenly, earlier in the morning, for Hull. I at once guessed why he had gone I knew that Mr.
He gave it" here, though the door was closed and bolted, and there was no fear of eavesdroppers, he sank his voice to a whisper "he gave it to Fullaway's secretary, the woman we discussed, Mrs. Marlow. That's a fact. He gave it to her just before he set off for Russia." Chettle screwed his lips up to whistle instead of whistling he suddenly relaxed them to a comprehending smile.
Allerdyke laughed as he thrust a program into Fullaway's hand. "I worked that all right," he whispered. "Told the chap in that receipt of custom that you were a foreigner of great distinction travelling incognito in Scotland, and I your travelling companion, and that our luggage hadn't arrived from Aberdeen, so we couldn't dress, but we must hear this singing lady at all cost and in any case.
Well, now," he went on, stretching his long legs over Fullaway's beautiful Persian rug, "what do you make of this affair, Fullaway, in its present situation? There's no doubt that everything's considerably altered by what we've heard of this morning. Do you really think that this French maid affair is all of a piece, as one may term it, with the affair of my cousin James?"
"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.
Sum total what!" "Next to naught," said Appleyard. "In a case like this you ought to know more. Fullaway may be all right. Fullaway may be all wrong. His lady secretary may be as right as he is, or as wrong as he is. As to Delkin he might be a creature of Fullaway's imagination. Put it all to yourself now, Mr.
He turned into the restaurant and ordered his lunch, and while it was being brought sat drumming his fingers on the table, staring vacantly at the people about him and wondering over the events of the morning. Rayner's, or Ramsay's, vague hint that something might suddenly clear everything up; Fullaway's announcement that he and Van Koon had put their heads together; Mrs.
If that's the one you've got, I'll give you another in its place, Mrs. Marlow. Have you got it here?" But Mrs. Marlow shook her head and presented the same unabashed front. "No," she answered readily enough. "I took it home, Mr. Allerdyke. But there's no spot on my print I should have noticed it at once. May I look at your album when Mr. Fullaway's finished with it?"
Well, I've been in Fullaway's company now for two days there's no denying he's a smart chap, a clever chap, and he seems to be doing good business. Moreover, Ambler, my lad, James knew him and James wasn't the sort to take up with wrong 'uns. As to the secretary, I can't say. Besides, Fullaway said this afternoon that he hadn't told her all about it yet."
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