"Why, he has not been identified.

No one knows who he was." She raised her eyebrows very slightly.
"Mr.Laverick," she murmured, "the newspapers do not tell you everything.

I repeat that the murdered man was an acquaintance of mine.

Only three days ago I traveled part of the way from Vienna with him." Laverick was intensely interested.
"You could, perhaps, throw some light, then, upon his death ?" "Perhaps I could," she answered.

"I can tell you one thing, at any rate, Mr.Laverick, if it is news to you.