He realized that the capture of the chauffeur was important, but it shrank into insignificance beside the connected history of events which the detective seemed to have at his fingers' ends.
"I suppose I must not ask questions," he said with a quizzical look into the extraordinary eyes which had earned the chief of the Detective Bureau the picturesque description coined by an enthusiastic reporter.
"No need," said Steingall.

"Unless you are fed up with excitement, I purpose taking you and Mr.Devar down town again, just as soon as Evans has stopped slinging ink.

Then you will appreciate the importance of the things said here." Curtis remembered that fleeting impression he had garnered while watching Clancy during the Frenchman's statement, which, however, appeared only to confirm the ample history already in Steingall's possession.

But again his thoughts were diverted from the matter by Steingall's next words.
"I take it you have not called at the Plaza Hotel since we came away together ?" he said.

"You certainly could not stop there during the rush after the missing chauffeur, and I suppose McCulloch brought you straight here after the arrest ?" "Yes.