I don't know anything about them." "Like to ?" Gammon admitted that the name had a significance for him.

A matter of curiosity.
"No harm in a bit of genealogy," said Greenacre.

"Always interesting.
Stanhope Gardens?
What number ?" He urged no further question and gave no promise, but Gammon felt sure this time that information would speedily be forthcoming.

Scarcely a week passed before Greenacre wrote to him with a request for a meeting at the Bilboes.

As usual, the man of mystery approached his subject by indirect routes.