No one in London had made inquiries for him or claimed his few effects.

Half a dozen cables to America remained unanswered.
That papers had been stolen from him--papers or money--was evident from the place of concealment in his coat, where the lining had been torn away, but there was not the slightest evidence as to the nature of these documents or the history of the murdered man.

All that could be done was to await the news from the other side, which was momentarily expected.
The girl went through it all, line by line, almost word by word.
Whatever there might have been of relationship or friendship between her and the dead man, the news of his terrible end left her shaken, indeed, but dry-eyed.

She was apparently more terrified than grieved, and now that the first shock had passed away, her mind seemed occupied with thoughts which may indeed have had some connection with this tragedy, but were scarcely wholly concerned with it.

She sat for a long while with her hands still resting upon the table but her eyes fixed out of the window.