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We have definitely ascertained that he came to Christiania from Copenhagen, by land, via Lund and Copenhagen, arriving Christiania May 7th, and that he left here by steamship Perisco for Hull, May 10th." "You notice the dates?" observed Chettle. "May 7th and 10th. Now, it was on May 8th that your cousin wired to Fullaway from Christiania, Mr. Allerdyke there's no doubt about it!
"Do you mean to say that I hadn't?" she exclaimed. "Do you mean " "I mean," replied Fullaway, "that, knowing what I now know, I believe that both you and the dead man, James Allerdyke, were robbed on the Perisco. And I want to ask you a question at once. Where is your maid!" Celia Lennard dropped her knife and fork and sat back, suddenly turning pale. "My maid!" she said faintly.
I saw it again in his room when I went in there to look at the plans of the Norwegian estate which he had told me about. He didn't take those plans out of that hand-bag; he took them out of a side flap-pocket in a suit-case." "Did you have supper with him that night?" "No I was sitting at another table, talking to a lady who had been with us on the Perisco.
There were some seventy or eighty entries, made during the previous twenty-four hours; it was impossible to go into the circumstances of each. He turned with a look of despair to the manager at his elbow. "Nothing much to be made out of that!" he muttered. "Still which are the people who came off the Perisco last night?"
"Did you happen to see my cousin in conversation with any of them?" inquired Allerdyke. The manager shrugged his shoulders. He was not definitely sure about that; he had a notion that he had seen Mr. James Allerdyke talking with some of the Perisco passengers, but the notion was vague. "You know how it is," he went on.
Allerdyke, the big question a most important question! is, how did it come into this man Lydenberg's possession?" said the detective anxiously. "If we can find that out " "I've been thinking," interrupted Allerdyke. "There's this about it, you know: James and this Lydenberg came over together from Christiania to Hull in the Perisco. They talked to one another that's certain.
Now, you see, I'm a plain, blunt-spoken sort of chap I ask people straight questions. What did you go into his room to talk to him about?" "Business!" she replied, with a directness which impressed both men. "Mere business. He and I had several conversations on board the Perisco I made out he was a clever business man.
"Ah! nice lot of bother she gave me, too. She was one of those Perisco passengers she got in here with the rest, and booked a room, and went to it all right, and then at half-past twelve down she came and said she wanted to get on, and as there weren't no trains she'd have a motor-car and drive to catch an express at Selby, or Doncaster, or somewhere.
"Now that you are here," he said, "you may as well give me a few particulars about your doings on the Perisco, especially as they relate to Mr. James Allerdyke. When and where did you make his acquaintance?" "On the steamer a few hours after we left Christiania," replied Celia. "Just as fellow-passengers, I suppose?" "Quite so just that. We sat next to each other at meals."
"Do you know where his cabin was on the steamer?" "Yes, exactly opposite my own. He and I, I believe, were the only passengers who had cabins all to ourselves." "Did he ever mention to you these valuables which Mr. Fullaway tells us he was carrying to England!" "No never at any time." "Did you see him leave the Perisco for the shore?" "Why, yes, certainly!
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