VII—Scotland Yard Strikes At LastOn Saturday evening Royne came to the conclusion that the delay in forwarding the urgently wanted measurements of the ballast tanks was curious, and decided he had better go up to Birkenhead and see the foreman, Bond for himself.
So he decided to go north by the midday Sunday train. Unfortunately for all concerned at Marle House, however, they overslept themselves on the Sunday morning and so it was finally the night express which he caught.
The next morning he went round to Bond's house, expecting Bond to have gone to work, but knowing Mrs. Bond could give him all the information he wanted. Reaching the house about nine o'clock, he was surprised that his ring was unanswered. He rang several times, and then, thinking Mrs. Bond must have gone out with some
