Then Mrs.Mallet cried at last: "At any rate, he has fled for the moment, and his flight alone brings the worst suspicion upon him.

That is our chief point.

We must find out where he is; and if he has gone right away, we must bring him back to London." "Where do you think he has taken refuge ?" "The police, Dr.Sebastian has ascertained, are watching the railway stations, and the ports for the Continent." "Very like the police!" Hilda exclaimed, with more than a touch of contempt in her voice.

"As if a clever man-of-the-world like Hugo Le Geyt would run away by rail, or start off to the Continent! Every Englishman is noticeable on the Continent.

It would be sheer madness!" "You think he has not gone there, then ?" I cried, deeply interested.
"Of course not.