There'll already be a few thousand amateur detectives looking out for the man who left the French maid dead in Eastbourne Terrace, and a few hundred amateur criminologists racking their brains for a plausible theory of the whole thing.

Oh, yes, it's a good thing to arouse public interest, Allerdyke.
All that's wanted now is a rousing reward.

Have you thought of that ?" "Didn't I mention it to the man at Scotland Yard yesterday ?" said Allerdyke.

"I'm game to find aught reasonable in the way of brass.

But," he added, with a touch of true Yorkshire caution, "I've been thinking that over during the night, and it seems to me that there are two other parties who ought to come in at it, with me, of course.