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By the way, let no one know that Mrs. Forbes is in London. Warn your servants not to speak of her return. One more word have you heard anything of Furneaux?" "I have not heard from or seen him since we parted outside Bow Street police station. But, for Heaven's sake, what is this you tell me about my wife?" "Miss Forbes will give you all the particulars we possess. Be calm and remain at home.
Of course, we policemen cannot allow friendship to interfere with duty, but, between you and me, Robinson strictly in confidence Grant had no more to do with the actual murder of Miss Melhuish than either of us two." Robinson had turned up a lamp, and hospitably installed Furneaux in his own easy-chair. "The 'actual murder, you said, sir?" he repeated. "Yes.
Furneaux took Dover, Winter Newhaven and Sheldon Folkestone. They did not even trouble to search the outgoing trains at the London termini, though a detailed description of the fugitive was circulated in the ordinary way. Each man traveled by the earliest train to his destination and, having secured the aid of the local police, mounted guard over the gangways.
On arriving there he found a letter from Captain Furneaux, giving an account of the massacre of a midshipman and a boat's crew by the natives, who had rushed down on them while at dinner, and clubbed them all.
He was governed by the astute belief that his very outspokenness in this respect would weaken the inferences which the police might otherwise draw from it. Furneaux uttered never a word. He was a first-rate listener, though his behavior was most undetective-like, since he hardly looked at Grant or the girl, but seemed to devote his attention almost exclusively to the scenic panorama in front.
He also is an adept in certain obscure arts and sciences which no university of to-day can teach. He has the brains of any three men of genius. Petrie, he is a mental giant." "You amaze me!" I said. "As to his mission among men. Why did M. Jules Furneaux fall dead in a Paris opera house? Because of heart failure? No! Because his last speech had shown that he held the key to the secret of Tongking.
"Listen first, James lecture me afterward," pleaded Furneaux. "I can't help yielding to impulse. And why should I strive to help it, anyhow? How often has impulse led me to the goal when by every known rule of evidence I was completely beaten? That is my plea. That is why I brought that young fellow into No. 17, and watched the story of the tragedy reshaping itself in his imagination.
I'll ask him a simple question, and he will give you a perfect example of a direct answer. Tomlinson, can you tell me what the extrados of a voussoir is?" "No, Mr. Furneaux, I can not," said the butler, smiling at what he regarded as the little man's humor. "There!" cried Furneaux delightedly. "Ain't I a prophet? No evasions about Tomlinson, are there?"
Winter was a hard-headed, broad-minded official, whose long and wide experience enabled him to estimate at their true value the far-reaching powers of the State as opposed to the machinations of a few determined outlaws. On the other hand, the amazing facility with which Furneaux could enter into the twists and turns of the criminal mind entitles his matured views to much respect.
Furneaux, for some reason known only to himself, did not accompany Doris to the post office. Once they were across the bridge, and the broad village street, more green than roadway, was seen to be empty, he tapped her on the shoulder and said pleasantly: "Run away home now, little girl. Sleep well, and don't worry. The tangle will right itself in time." "Poor Mr.
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