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The crowd surged out into the damp November morning, eagerly discussing the evidence just given. Purdie, Lauriston, and Guyler, all equally mystified, followed, already beginning to speculate and to theorize. Suddenly Melky Rubinstein hurried up to them, waving a note. "There was a fellow waiting outside with this from Zillah," said Melky. "She'd heard you were all here, and she knew I was.
And somewhere, that cursed young Jap was fleeing away through the London streets having cheated him, Ayscough, at his own game! He had already reckoned things up in connection with Yada. Yada had been having him even as Melky Rubinstein had suspected and suggested all through that conversation at Gower Street.
He opened out the bit of crumpled paper as he spoke and held it towards the other two. Ayscough stared, almost incredulously, and Melky let out a sharp exclamation. "S'elp us!" he said. "A five-hundred-pound bank-note!" "That's about it," remarked the exhibitor. "Bank of England note for five hundred of the best! And a good 'un, too. Lying on the floor."
Ayscough drew the sheet over the dead man's face and signed to his companion to follow him outside, to a room where Melky Rubinstein, still gravely meditating over the events of the evening, was awaiting their reappearance. "So that," said Ayscough, jerking his thumb in the direction of the mortuary, "that's Chen Li! You're certain?" "Chen Li! without a doubt!" answered the house-surgeon.
"I'm not forgetting don't you make no error!" "You don't know anything more that you could tell us about these two?" asked the detective, nodding reassuringly at Melky and then turning to the house-surgeon. "Any little thing? you never know what helps." "I can't!" said the house-surgeon, who was obviously greatly surprised by what he had seen and heard.
Goldmark was still with Zillah Melky unfolded his story to the two of them. Zillah heard it with unfeigned relief; Mrs. Goldmark, who, being a young and pretty widow, was inclined to sentiment, regarded Melky with admiration. "My! if you ain't the cute one, Mr. Rubinstein!" she exclaimed, clapping her plump hands. "As for me, now, I wouldn't have thought of that in a hundred years!
Ayscough There'd ha' been an entry in the books if it had been taken in pawn, or bought across the counter and there's no entry. Now then who'd left it there?" Another official had come up to the group one of the men who had questioned Lauriston the night before. He turned to Lauriston as Melky finished. "You don't know anything about this book?" he asked. "Nothing except that Mr.
I'm the late Daniel Multenius's nearest male relative, and I say that clue's a deal more important nor what we've been hearing all the morning. What about that book, now, Mr. Ayscough? Come on! what about it! and its owner?" "What is this?" demanded the Coroner. "If there is anything " "Anything, sir!" exclaimed Melky.
Multenius wasn't out of the shop at all yesterday afternoon I've made sure o' that fact from my cousin. He didn't find no book, gentlemen. It was brought there." Ayscough picked up one of the papers and turned to Melky and Lauriston. "Here!" he said. "We'll soon get some light on this. You two come with me we'll step round to Mr. Levendale."
"Just give him that, will you, and tell him my business is very important." He turned to Melky when the girl, still looking unwilling, had gone away upstairs, and gave him a nudge of the elbow. "When we get up there as we shall," whispered Ayscough, "you watch this Jap chap while I talk to him. Study his face and see if anything surprises him." "Biggest order, mister with a Jap!" muttered Melky.
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