He reported that the gentleman in question had broken the bank at Monte Carlo, had staked and lost all his winnings next day, and had shot himself on the promenade on the evening following.

With his death the affair, on which I had confidently expected to be employed, came to an end, I could not say that I was altogether sorry.
"I shall want you to leave on Friday, Turner, for St.Petersburg," I said, when he had finished his report and I had commented upon it.

"Do you remember Paulus Scevanovitch, who was concerned in that attempt to defraud the Parisian jewellers, Maurel and Company, two years ago ?" "Yes, sir, I remember him perfectly," Turner replied.

"A tall, burly man, with a bushy beard, the top of his little finger on the left hand missing, and a long white scar over his right eyebrow." "The same," I answered.

"I see you have not forgotten him.