But he helped me by placing the papers in the drawer which I afterwards broke open.

I saw him meet you"-- he feebly pointed to Robert.

"I saw you arrive in the carriage," and he indicated David.

"Then I determined to wait until the night I went back to Stowmarket, where I left a portmanteau at a small hotel"-- Brett knew that Winter stole a look at him, but he ignored the fact--"and changed my clothes.

In England, at night, a man in evening dress can enter almost any house.