"AtGatehouse, Kent, unlessIammuchmistaken."
.
"Iratherwonderyou'renottheretoo, PeelEdgerton?"
"Ah, I'mbusyonacase."
"Ithoughtyouwereonyourholiday?"
"Oh, I''?"
"I'?"
"Oh, Iknowwhohewas," saidSirJameseasily."Ican'tproveityet—butIknow."
.
"ButwhatIdon'tunderstand," saidthePrimeMinistersuddenly, "'sdrawer?"
"Perhapsitneverleftit," suggestedthelawyergently.
"Butthebogusinspector? InspectorBrown?"
"Ah!" ."Imustn'—mycase."
:
"DEARHERSHEIMMER,
"'tseeyouagain, good-bye.I'vebeenofferedajobintheArgentine, andmightaswelltakeit.
"Yours,
"TOMMYBERESFORD."
ApeculiarsmilelingeredforamomentonJulius'-paperbasket.
"Thedarnedfool!" hemurmured.
