[The Husbands of Edith by George Barr McCutcheon]@TWC D-Link bookThe Husbands of Edith CHAPTER VI 21/38
The telegram had said: "Why do you say M.is there? He is in London.Explain.Letter to-morrow." The letter had come, and Mr.Githens, as well as the local police office, was "bowled over," to express it in Scotland Yard English.
He had wired his employers that "M.
is still in Innsbruck.
Cannot be in London." It was very clearly set forth in the letter that Roxbury Medcroft was in London, and that Mr. Githens, of Scotland Yard, had betrayed his trust.
He was virtually charged with playing into the hands of the enemy,--"selling out," as it were.
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