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I wouldn't tell you, for instance as your principal's solicitor." The solicitor smiled again. "Your ideas, Mr. Glassdale, appear to fit in with our principal's," he remarked. "His instructions strict instructions to us are that if anybody turns up who can give any information, it's not to be given to us, but to himself!" "Wise man!" observed Glassdale. "That's just what I feel about it.
If I have my price, it's not in the same commodity that Glassdale would want. But before we do any talking about that sort of thing, I want to add to my stock of knowledge. Look here! We'll be candid.
I tell you I knew nothing at all of his family affairs! He was a very close man, Brake, and apart from his business matters, he'd only one idea in his head, and that was lodged there pretty firmly, I can assure you!" "What was it?" asked Bryce. "He wanted to find a certain man or, rather, two men who'd cruelly deceived and wronged him, but one of 'em in particular," answered Glassdale.
Elaborate as the toils were which he had laid out for Ransford to the police, he could sweep them up and tear them away with a sentence of added knowledge if Mary Bewery made it worth his while. But first before coming to the critical point there was yet certain information which he desired to get, and he felt sure of getting it if he could find Glassdale.
"Then you knew Braden the man who lost his life here?" asked Folliot. "Very well indeed," replied Glassdale. "For how long?" demanded Folliot. "Some years as a mere acquaintance, seen now and then," said Glassdale. "A few years, recently, as what you might call a close friend." "Tell you any of his secrets?" asked Folliot. "Yes, he did!" answered Glassdale.
He'll bluff it out if he can, but he's just admitted to me " Mitchington thrust Bryce aside, almost roughly. "We know all about that!" he said. "I shall have a word or two for you later! Come on, now " The men crowded up the stairway into Folliot's snuggery, Bryce, wondering at the inspector's words and manner, following closely behind him and the detective and Glassdale, who led the way.
"No need to go into that that's all done with." "Aye well, we both put things right," said Glassdale. "Made restitution both of us, you understand. So that is done with? And you know, then, of course, who Braden really was?" "John Brake, ex bank-manager," answered Bryce promptly. "I know all about it. I've been deeply interested and concerned in his death. And I'll tell you why.
A man who was walking across the Close pointed out the Folliot residence Glassdale entered by the garden door, and in another minute came face to face with Folliot himself, busied, as usual, amongst his rose-trees. Glassdale saw Folliot and took stock of him before Folliot knew that a stranger was within his gates.
For a minute or two both men smoked in silence. Then Folliot still regarding his roses put a leading question. "Give you any details?" he asked. "Enough," said Glassdale. "Braden had been done over a money transaction by these men one especially, as head and front of the affair and it had cost him more than anybody would think! Naturally, he wanted if he ever got the chance his revenge.
He had sat up thinking for some time after the two police officials had left him at midnight, and it had occurred to him that there was a man from whom information could be had of whose services he had as yet made no use but who must be somewhere in the neighbourhood the man Glassdale.
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