Winwood was going to "have a run for his money," as Thorndyke had promised.
My colleague, having placed on the table by his side a small cardboard box and the sheets of notes from his file, glanced quickly at Mr.
Winwood and began: "The first important new facts came into my possession on the day on which you introduced the case to me.

In the evening, after you left, I availed myself of Mr.Stephen's kind invitation to look over his uncle's chambers in New Inn.

I wished to do so in order to ascertain, if possible, what had been the habits of the deceased during his residence there.

When I arrived with Dr.Jervis, Mr.Stephen was in the chambers, and I learned from him that his uncle was an Oriental scholar of some position and that he had a very thorough acquaintance with the cuneiform writing.

Now, while I was talking with Mr.Stephen I made a very curious discovery.