He too was thrown prostrate and searched to the skin.

A longer interval had then elapsed than had passed in the experience of Mr.Godfrey; but it had ended as before, in the persons of the house suspecting something wrong, and going up-stairs to see what had happened.

Precisely the same explanation which the landlord in Northumberland Street had given to Mr.Godfrey, the landlord in Alfred Place now gave to Mr.Luker.Both had been imposed on in the same way by the plausible address and well-filled purse of the respectable stranger, who introduced himself as acting for his foreign friends.
The one point of difference between the two cases occurred when the scattered contents of Mr.Luker's pockets were being collected from the floor.

His watch and purse were safe, but (less fortunate than Mr.
Godfrey) one of the loose papers that he carried about him had been taken away.

The paper in question acknowledged the receipt of a valuable of great price which Mr.Luker had that day left in the care of his bankers.