[The Paradise Mystery by J. S. Fletcher]@TWC D-Link bookThe Paradise Mystery CHAPTER V 20/20
If Mr.John Braden had relations and friends, they would learn of his sad death through the newspapers, and would come forward.
And in that case-- "But it wouldn't surprise me," mused Bryce, "if the name given at the Mitre is an assumed name.
I wonder if that theory of Archdale's is a correct one ?--however, there'll be more of that at the inquest tomorrow. And in the meantime--let me find out something about the tomb of Richard Jenkins, or Jenkinson--whoever he was." The famous Library of the Dean and Chapter of Wrychester was housed in an ancient picturesque building in one corner of the Close, wherein, day in and day out, amidst priceless volumes and manuscripts, huge folios and weighty quartos, old prints, and relics of the mediaeval ages, Ambrose Campany, the librarian, was pretty nearly always to be found, ready to show his treasures to the visitors and tourists who came from all parts of the world to see a collection well known to bibliophiles. And Ambrose Campany, a cheery-faced, middle-aged man, with booklover and antiquary written all over him, shockheaded, blue-spectacled, was there now, talking to an old man whom Bryce knew as a neighbour of his in Friary Lane--one Simpson Barker, a quiet, meditative old fellow, believed to be a retired tradesman who spent his time in gentle pottering about the city.
Bryce, as he entered, caught what Campany was just then saying. "The most important thing I've heard about it," said Campany, "is--that book they found in the man's suit-case at the Mitre.
I'm not a detective--but there's a clue!".
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