21/23 He must get hold of the letter; and he must visit the scene of the crime _with a spade_! Then-- Jonah sat up half the night thinking of it, till at last the deep breathing of his colleague in the next room reminded him that now at any rate was the time to get the letter. He had seen Jeffreys crush it into his side pocket after leaving the bookseller's and he had heard him before getting into bed just now hang his coat on the peg behind the door. And it was hot, and the door was open. It was a work of two minutes only. The pocket was there at his hand before he had so much as put a foot in the room. |