The landlord readily showed him the register for the Assize week.

Most of the guests were barristers and solicitors, many of them known personally to Brett.

None of the other names struck him as important, though he noted a few who arrived on the same day as the Japanese, "Mr.Okasaki." He took the next train to London, and reached Victoria Street, to find Mr.
Winter awaiting him, and carefully nursing a brown paper parcel.
"I got your wire, Mr.Brett," he explained, "and this morning after Mr.
Jiro went out alone--" "Where did he go to ?" "The British Museum." "What on earth was he doing there ?" "Examining manuscripts, my assistant told me.

He was particularly interested in--let me see--it is written on a bit of paper.

Here it is, the 'Nihon Guai Shi,' the 'External History of Japan,' compiled by Rai Sanyo, between 1806 and 1827, containing a history of each of the military families.