Then the car went off.

My friend wouldn't ha' given a second thought to it if the gentleman hadn't vanished like a jack-in-the-box.

That's w'y he remembered the color of the car." Theydon tried to look as though Evans's statement merely puzzled him, whereas his mind was already busy with the extraordinary coincidences which the haphazard events of a few hours had produced.

Was the Far East bound up in some mysterious way with Mrs.Lester's death?
Did the crime possess a political significance?
If so, an explanation by Forbes was more than ever demanded.
"Your informant was not mistaken about the Chinese Embassy, I suppose ?" he said.
"No, sir.

He's always in that district.