But--he only said that he had met her in Russia." "Aye, well," said Allerdyke musingly, "it's true he did go across to Russia a good deal, and no doubt he knew folk there that he never told me about." "Well," he went on, throwing himself into his chair again, "what's to be done?
Do you honestly think that he had those things on him when he came here last night?
You do?
Very well, then, he's been murdered by some devil or devils who's got 'em! But how?
And who are they--or who's he--or--good Lord! it might be who's she ?" "Poisoned," said Fullaway.

"That's my answer to your question of--how?
As to your other question--is there no clue to anything?
you forget--I don't know any details.

I only know that he was found dead.

Under what circumstances ?" Allerdyke pulled his chair nearer to his visitor.
"I'd forgotten," he said.

"I'll tell you the lot.