"As you only received your last instalment from Germany this week, you probably have not yet had time to purchase stocks and shares or property wherever your inclination leads you.

I imagine, therefore, that there would be a balance there of something like thirty thousand pounds, the last payment made to you by a German agent now in London." Fenn sprang to his feet.

He had all the appearance of a man about to make a vigorous and exhaustive defence.

And then suddenly he swayed, his face became horrible to look upon, his lips were twisted.
"Brandy!" he cried.

"Some one give me brandy! I am ill!" He collapsed in a heap.