He turned to Holden.

"Can you have been mistaken ?" Holden shook his head.

"I saw him with my own eyes," he asseverated, "and to make sure of his destination I asked the ticket examiner where the gentleman in the first smoker was going to.

It was Stowmarket, right enough." "There can be no error, sir," put in the stationmaster.

"Mr.Capella's valet came by the train, and assured me that he left London with his master.