15/18 According to those who're in a position to speak, his clothing, linen, boots, and so on are all of the sort you'd get in that country. But he'd no papers on him to show his business, no private letters, no documents connecting him with Hull in any way: he hadn't even a visiting-card. He'd a return ticket--from Hull to Christiania--and he'd plenty of money, English and foreign. When I got down here, I helped the local police to go through everything--we even searched the linings of his clothing and ripped his one handbag to pieces. But we've found no more than I've said. |