This much Hussein told me.
"That night I made a reconnaissance of the house and saw Kara's window was lit and at ten minutes past ten I rang the bell and I think it was then that I applied the test of the beard.

Kara was in his room, the valet told me, and led the way upstairs.

I had come prepared to deal with this valet for I had an especial reason for wishing that he should not be interrogated by the police.

On a plain card I had written the number he bore in Dartmoor and had added the words, 'I know you, get out of here quick.' "As he turned to lead the way upstairs I flung the envelope containing the card on the table in the hall.

In an inside pocket, as near to my body as I could put them, I had the two candles.