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And what is more, added Graham, warmly, 'I believe that the assassin knew that Jentham had received the money, and shot him to obtain it. 'If that is so, argued Harry, 'the assassin would no doubt wish to take the benefit of his crime and use the money. If he did, the numbers of the notes being known, they would be traced, whereas
His principal object in seeing Mrs Mosk was to discover what she knew about the man called Jentham. He was lodging at The Derby Winner, as Cargrim ascertained by later inquiry, and it was probable that the inmates of the hotel knew something as to the reasons of his stay in Beorminster. Mr Mosk, being as obstinate as a mule, was not likely to tell Cargrim anything he desired to learn.
I spoke with her daughter, however. 'I trust you were not molested by that ruffian Jentham, who stays at The Derby Winner, said Cargrim, with hypocritical anxiety. 'Oh, no! he is away on Southberry Heath with his gipsy friends, I believe at least, Miss Mosk told me so. Good-night, Mr Cargrim, she added, evidently not anxious to prolong the conversation.
He had stated that he was going back to The Derby Winner, and as it was his custom to come and go when he pleased, the Romany had not taken much notice of his departure. A vagrant like Jentham was quite independent of time. 'He was one of your lot, I suppose? said Mr Inspector, taking a few notes in his pocket-book a secretive little article which shut with a patent clasp. 'Yes, dearie, yes!
Hitherto Jentham had been in the blabbing stage of intoxication, but after another glass of drink he relapsed into a sullen, silent condition, and with his eyes on the table pulled fiercely at his pipe, so that his wicked face looked out like that of a devil from amid the rolling clouds of smoke.
'Thank you, Mr Baltic, said the bishop, taking the slip of paper tendered by the missionary, 'but I trust that er that this woman knows little of the truth. 'She knows nothing, my lord, save that Bosvile, for his own purposes, took the names of Amaru and Jentham at different times.
But however loosely Jentham alluded to his intention of picking up gold, he was cunning enough, with all his excitement, to hold his tongue as to how he could work such a miracle. Undoubtedly there was a secret between Dr Pendle and this scamp; but what it might be, Cargrim could by no means guess. Was Jentham a disreputable relation of the bishop's?
Afterwards Jentham, not being able to pay for his board and lodging at The Derby Winner, promised Mosk, the landlord, that he would discharge his bill shortly, as he expected the next week to receive much money. From whom he did not say, but while drunk he boasted that Southberry Heath was Tom Tiddler's ground, on which he could pick up gold and silver.
Amaru! repeated Dr Pendle, and looked so relieved that Cargrim saw he had not received the answer he expected. 'A professional name you say? 'Yes, your lordship, replied the chaplain, trying hard to conceal his disappointment. 'No doubt the man's real name was Jentham.
To make a long story short, Mr Inspector, I went up to London and called at Cook's office. There I discovered that Mr Gabriel had paid for his ticket with a ten-pound note. That note, added Baltic, impressively, 'was one of those given by the bishop to Jentham and stolen by the assassin from the body of his victim. I knew it by the number.
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