He bought three at Roebuck's, in City Road, and took them to his house by taxi.

Now my theory," said Whiteside earnestly, "is that this fellow is no ordinary criminal, if he is a criminal at all.

It may be that he has been keeping a duplicate set of books." "That is unlikely," interrupted Tarling, "and I say this with due respect for your judgment, Whiteside.

It would want to be something more than an ordinary criminal to carry all the details of Lyne's mammoth business in his head, and it is more than possible that your first theory was right, namely, that he contemplates either going with another firm, or starting a new business of his own.

The second supposition is more likely.