Eh ?" "Now, why ?" asked Allerdyke.

"Out with it!" "Well, you see, Mr.Allerdyke," answered the detective, "we know you.
You're a man of substance, you've got a big stake in the country--you're Allerdyke, of Allerdyke and Partners, Limited, Bradford and London.

But we don't know Fullaway.

He may be all right, but you could only call him a bird of passage, like.

He can close down his business and be away out of England to-morrow, and, personally, I don't believe in letting him into every secret about all this affair until we know more about him.