"Also, I have known more than one man who went to Australia.

This might--I say might, young gentlemen--might be a man I had once known.

Show me where this body is." Breton looked helplessly at Spargo: it was plain that he did not understand the turn that things were taking.

But Spargo was quick to seize an opportunity.

In another minute he was conducting Mr.
Cardlestone through the ins and outs of the Temple towards Blackfriars.
And as they turned into Tudor Street they encountered Mr.Elphick.
"I am going to the mortuary," he remarked.