By the way, what was his name ?" "Thorndyke," I replied.

"Doctor John Thorndyke." "Thorndyke," Mr.Bellingham repeated in a musing, retrospective tone.

"I seem to remember that name.

Yes, of course.

I have heard a legal friend of mine, a Mr.Marchmont, speak of him in reference to the case of a man whom I knew slightly years ago--a certain Jeffrey Blackmore, who also disappeared very mysteriously.