Wraye has been a difficult man to trace, because of his residence abroad for a long time and his change of name, and so on, and it was only recently that my agents struck on a line through Flood.

But there's the fact.

And the probability is that when Braden came here he recognized and was recognized by these two, and that one or other of them is responsible for his death and for Collishaw's too.
Circumstantial evidence, all of it, no doubt, but irresistible! Now, what do you propose to do ?" Mitchington considered matters for a moment.
"Fladgate first, certainly," he said.

"He lives close by here; we'll go round to his cottage.

If he sees he's in a tight place he may let things out.