Chapter V.—Larose Hears the Voice.The ex-detective had offered no explanation at the Yard as to why he was so interested in Bascoigne, but he obtained the loan of one of the photographs, and the next morning, provided with a letter of introduction from the Home Office, enjoining all and sundry of His Majesty's subjects to provide one, Thomas Smith, with all the assistance they could furnish, and accompanied by Croupin in the latter's beautiful single-seater Bentley, he took the road for Sussex once again.
Croupin was in a pensive mood, and seemed disinclined to take much interest in the object of their journey.
“Thinking of Angela, eh?” asked Larose as the car swung through Croydon and they narrowly escaped colliding with a tram. “Well, you pay more attention to your driving, please, for
