"John Ashley and his friend Walter Hatherell leave the club together, and together decide on the plan of campaign.

Hatherell returns to the club, and Ashley goes to fetch the revolver--the revolver which played such an important part in the drama, but not the part assigned to it by the police.

Now try to follow Ashley closely, as he dogs Aaron Cohen's footsteps.

Do you believe that he entered into conversation with him?
That he walked by his side?
That he asked for delay?
No! He sneaked behind him and caught him by the throat, as the garroters used to do in the fog.

Cohen was apoplectic, and Ashley is young and powerful.