Detectives swarmed all over the place, but we carried on as usual, though with hushed voices and rather scared faces. In the course of the morning a sudden recollection came to me and I went at once to speak to my employer. I was told he was engaged with one of the inspectors of the Sûrété,but for all that I knocked boldly upon his door.
Bidden to enter, directly he saw who it was, he frowned, “I am busy,” he said curtly. “I cannot be disturbed.”
“But I have something to tell you that may be very important,” I said, and I told him quickly what I meant. About a week previously I had been going out to lunch when I passed a car stationary upon the other side of the road. It was a closed one about twenty yards away and a man was sitting in the driving seat. As I drew level with the car, I di
