Allerdyke crossed from the pavement and jumped in.
"Run down to this end of Gresham Street," he said.

"Go quick as you can." He wondered as he sped along the crowded London streets why he had not thought of Ambler Appleyard before.

Ambler Appleyard was the manager of his own London warehouse, a smart, clever, pushing young Bradford man who had been in charge of the London business of Allerdyke and Partners, Limited, for the last three years.

He had come to London with his brains already sharpened--three years of business life in the Metropolis had made them all the sharper.

Allerdyke rubbed his hands with satisfaction.