They seem to remember the car, however, which is practically the same thing, and several people saw Major Forrest bringing it back early in the morning." "Did any one," Andrew asked slowly, "see Lord Ronald in the car on his way to the station ?" "Not a soul," the Duke answered.
Andrew was honestly perplexed.

Jeanne's statement that she had seen Forrest leaving the Red Hall with the car empty except for himself, he had never regarded seriously.

Even now he could only conclude that she had been mistaken.
"Have any large cheques been presented against your brother's account ?" he asked.
The Duke shook his head.
"Not one," he answered.
"Have the detectives any clue at all ?" "Not the ghost of one," the Duke answered.

"Ronald had a few harmless little entanglements, but absolutely nothing that could have proved of any anxiety to him.

He had several engagements during the last ten days which I know that he meant to keep.