Didn't Mrs.Lester's servant admit the visitor last night ?" Theydon put the question advisedly.

He was calmer now, and had made up his mind as to the course he should pursue.

Although he had assured Winter that he would recognize the stranger if confronted with him, and, if Forbes was brought into the inquiry, the admission might prove awkward, he meant to say that he had, indeed, noticed a remarkable resemblance in the millionaire to the man he had seen looking up at the name tablet on the corner, but felt that the likeness was only one of those singular coincidences which abound in a cosmopolitan city.
The smartest cross-examiner at the bar could not shake him if he took that stand.

The sheer improbability of Forbes being the mysterious visitor would justify his attitude, and the notion was so consoling that he faced the two detectives with new confidence and a self-possession that was exceedingly pleasant when compared, with his earlier embarrassment.
"No," said Winter.

"By a most remarkable chance, Ann Rogers was given leave to spend the night with her father, who lives in Camden Town.