Eh ?" Before Spargo could reply to this suggestion an official entered the room and whispered a few words in the detective's ear.
"Show him in at once," said Rathbury.

He turned to Spargo as the man quitted the room and smiled significantly.

"Here's somebody wants to tell something about the Marbury case," he remarked.

"Let's hope it'll be news worth hearing." Spargo smiled in his queer fashion.
"It strikes me that you've only got to interest an inquisitive public in order to get news," he said.

"The principal thing is to investigate it when you've got it.