This very night, I resolved, I would go to Thorndyke and give him the whole story as it had been told to me.
And then there happened one of those coincidences at which we all wonder when they occur, but which are so frequent as to have become enshrined in a proverb.

For, even as I formed the resolution, I observed two men approaching from the direction of Blackfriars, and recognised in them my quondam teacher and his junior.
"I was just thinking about you," I said as they came up.
"Very flattering," replied Jervis; "but I thought you had to talk of the devil." "Perhaps," suggested Thorndyke, "he was talking to himself.

But why were you thinking of us, and what was the nature of your thoughts ?" "My thoughts had reference to the Bellingham case.

I spent the whole of last evening at Nevill's Court." "Ha! And are there any fresh developments ?" "Yes, by Jove! there are.

Bellingham gave me a full and detailed description of the will; and a pretty document it seems to be." "Did he give you permission to repeat the details to me ?" "Yes.