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Updated: May 14, 2025
It seemed that De Gex or Monsieur Thibon, as he preferred to call himself shared Suzor's private sitting-room and, curiously enough, he also did not go out in the daytime! After all, that was not surprising, for such a great figure in international finance was probably well-known in the Spanish capital.
In response to my request he described Suzor's lady friend. Then he added: "She wore only one ornament, a beautiful piece of apple-green jade suspended round her neck by a narrow black ribbon. When they rose and the waiter brought their coats, I heard him call her Dorothy." "Dorothy Cullerton!" I gasped. "I recollect that piece of Chinese jade she wore in Florence!
The four had dined privately together in Suzor's sitting-room, and according to the information given to Hambledon by the concierge, a number of papers had been produced and examined immediately after the coffee had been served. "I understand that the production of the papers had a most disturbing effect upon the countess," Hambledon told me.
Lazare, in Paris, and afterwards took a stroll along the boulevards, awaiting the time when the express from Calais was due at the Gare du Nord. Shortly before half-past five Hambledon left me and took a taxi to the station for the purpose of watching Suzor's arrival and ascertaining his destination, which, of course, I feared to do, lest he should recognize me.
The public believe them to be honest businesses, but there is far more business done in concealing those wanted by the police than in anything else. From Suzor's demeanour I felt that he did not suspect me of having been witness of his entry into that frowsy house near Euston Station. But why had he gone there? He must have feared that he might be watched. And why?
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