Mrs.Ballantyne was asleep in her bed.

The man Ballantyne was found outside the tent in the doorway." "Yes." Pettifer paused.

"So many law cases have engaged my attention since," he said in apology for his hesitation.

He seemed quite at a loss.

Then he went on: "Wait a moment! A man had been dining with them at night--oh yes, I begin to remember." Harold Hazlewood made a tiny movement and would have spoken, but Margaret held out a hand towards him swiftly.
"Yes, a man called Thresk," said Pettifer, and again he was silent.
"Well," asked Hazlewood.
"Well--that's all I remember," replied Pettifer briskly.