And how Loge's men had been able to get into and out of the hold without his knowledge still perplexed him.
The motive behind the attempt to dynamite the vessel was clear.

Having failed to purchase it, having failed to recover the box from it, Loge had sought to destroy it with all on board.

But the strange character of this explosion still defied his powers of analysis.

And then there was the tenth Earl of Claiborne's signet ring on the dead hand.

Beyond the fact that it was a circumstance which connected his fortunes with those of Lady Agatha, he could make nothing at all of the signet ring.
What, he asked himself again and again, was the connection of the criminal gang at Morris's with the proudest Earl in England?
Loge himself was a puzzle to Cleggett.