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I thrust my face into his and on my second visit challenged him, in the eccentric way which poor old Gathercole had, to test the grey of my beard. For the moment however, I was satisfied with my brief experiment and after a reasonable interval I went away, returning to my place off Victoria Street and waiting till the evening.
The men looked at one another. "What are you going to do about Lexman?" asked the Chief Commissioner, "and, by the way, T. X., how does all this fit your theories!" "Fairly well," replied T. X. coolly; "obviously the man who committed the murder was the man introduced into the room as Gathercole and as obviously it was not Gathercole, although to all appearance, he had lost his left arm."
No cheque has been presented or drawn and apparently Gathercole has gone off without waiting for any payment. An examination of Kara's books show nothing against the Gathercole account save the sum of 600 pounds which was originally advanced, and now to upset all my calculations, look at this."
Gathercole, he said, in that silky tone of his, and held out his hand. "I did not speak. I just looked at him with a sort of fierce joy in my heart the like of which I had never before experienced. "'And then he saw in my eyes the truth and half reached for the telephone. "But at that moment I was on him. He was a child in my hands.
De Mainau came over from France the other day and brought all his best sleuths, whilst O'Grady of the New York central office paid a flying visit just to get hold of the facts. Not one of them has given me the real solution, though they've all been rather ingenious. Gathercole has vanished and is probably on his way to some undiscoverable region, and our people have not yet traced the valet."
"Gathercole had some money, about 140 pounds I took 100 pounds of this for my own use, knowing that I should have sufficient in London to recompense his heirs, and the remainder of the money with all such documents as he had, save those which identified him with Kara, I handed over to the British Consul. "I was not unlike the dead man.
Kara had been in fear of his life for some time, as a result of a blood feud which existed between himself and another Albanian family. Small wonder, therefore, the murder was everywhere referred to as "the political crime of the century." "So far," reported T. X. to his superior, "I have been unable to trace either Gathercole or the valet.
Speaking as a person outside the office I should say that 'G. G. was 'George Gathercole' the explorer you know, the fellow who had an arm chewed off by a lion or something." "George Gathercole!" repeated T. X. "What an ass I am." "Yes," said the voice at the other end the wire, and he had rung off before T. X. could think of something suitable to say.
For this reason he never made collections of butterflies or of bees, and I believe has never shot an animal in his life. He carried his principles to such an extent that he was a vegetarian poor old Gathercole!" he said, with the first smile which T. X. had seen on his face since he came back. "If you want to sympathize with anybody," said T. X. gloomily, "sympathize with me."
"He should be the easiest for you," said John Lexman, reflectively. "Why Gathercole should go off I can't understand," T. X. continued. "According to the story which was told me by Fisher, his last words to Kara were to the effect that he was expecting a cheque or that he had received a cheque.
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