Had there been a row on board--a quarrel or something ?" "It had been destroyed surreptitiously, I think." "Pity you didn't pocket the fragments.

We could perhaps have discovered from the photographer the identity of the original." "Ah!" I sighed regretfully.

"I never thought of that.

I recollect the name of the firm, however." "I shall have to report to London the whole occurrence, as British subjects are under suspicion," Hutcheson said.

"We'll see whether Scotland Yard knows anything about Hornby or Chater.