"Anything noteworthy ?" "I found two or three names which interested me immensely," answered Bryce from the foot of the vicarage steps.

"They were well worth searching for." And without further explanation he marched off to Barthorpe duly followed by his shadow, who saw him safely into the Peacock an hour later--and, an hour after that, went to the police superintendent with his report.
"Gone, sir," he said.

"Left by the five-thirty express for London.".