There have been none of them in England up till now." Martin Hillyard returned to the personality of Mario Escobar.
"Did you suspect him before ?" he asked.
Commodore Graham pushed the cigarettes towards Hillyard.
"Scotland Yard has kept an eye on him.

That sort of adventurer is always dangerous." He rang the bell, and on Miss Cheyne's appearance called for what information the office had concerning Mario Escobar.

Miss Cheyne returned with a book in which Escobar's dossier was included.
"Here he is," said Graham, and Hillyard, moving across to the bureau, followed Graham's forefinger across the written page.

He was agent for the Compania de Navigacion del Sur d'Espana--a German firm on the black list, headquarters at Alicante.

Escobar severed his connection with the company on the outbreak of war.
Graham raised his head to comment on the action.
"That, of course, was camouflage.