It was only two or three hours since he had listened to another story--the report of the two Gaffneys, and Allerdyke, all unaware of that business, had come upon him while he was still thinking it over.

And while Appleyard gave full attention to all that his employer said, he was also thinking of what he himself could tell.

By the time that Allerdyke had finished he, too, had decided to speak.
"So there it is, my lad!" exclaimed Allerdyke, throwing out his hands with an eloquent gesture as he made an end of his story.

"I hope I've put it clearly to you.

It's just as that Chap Chettle said--the whole secret is in that photograph! And isn't it plain ?--that photograph must have been transferred somehow by this Mrs.Marlow to this Lydenberg.