CHAPTER XXIV THE HOUSE IN THE YARDThe Jew silently and promptly set out in the wake of the hurrying woman; presently she and her pursuer disappeared round a corner.
"That's the result of our call, Mapperley!" said Hetherwick. "She's gone somewhere—to tell somebody!"
"Likely!" assented Mapperley. "But wherever she's gone, Issy Goldmark'll spot her. He's the eyes of a lynx."
"He let Baseverie slip him, the other night, though," remarked Hetherwick.
"Well, there was some excuse for that," said Mapperley, "to begin with, he was only instructed to find out where Baseverie went, and to end with he had found out! He'll not let this woman slip him. She's good to follow—plenty of her."
"I wish we knew what she'd left in that house," said Hetherwick. "We'll have to find out, somehow!"
"That's
