If we don't find any trace of him, then we know it's all up--he probably went straight away by train after landing.

We'll begin with this hotel first." There was no record of any Marston Greyle at that hotel, nor at the next half-dozen at which they called.

A visit to the shipping office of the line to which the _Araconda_ belonged revealed the fact that she reached Falmouth on October 5th at half-past ten in the evening, and that the name of Marston Greyle was on the list of first-class passengers.
Gilling left the office in cheery mood.
"That simplifies matters," he said.

"As the _Araconda_ reached here late in the evening, the passengers who landed from her would be almost certain to stay the night in Falmouth.

So we've only to resume our round of these hotels in order to hit something pertinent.