"Now," said John Speed to William Brenton, "we have got Stratton fairly started on the track, and I believe that he will ferret out the truth in this matter.

But, meanwhile, we must not be idle.

You must remember that, with all our facilities for discovery, we really know nothing of the murderer ourselves.

I propose we set about this thing just as systematically as Stratton will.

The chances are that we shall penetrate the mystery of the whole affair very much quicker than he.