He had been strolling about the bedroom up to that moment, but now he drew a chair to the table at which Chettle sat and dropped into it close beside his visitor.
"I'll tell you all about it," he went on.

"You said at Hull yesterday that you'd always found Yorkshiremen sharp and shrewd--well, this is a bit more Yorkshire work--work of my manager here in town--Mr.
Appleyard.

Listen!" He gave the detective a clear and succinct account of all that Appleyard and his satellites had done, and Chettle listened with deep attention, nodding his head at the various points.
"Yes," he said, when Allerdyke had made an end, "yes, that's all right, so far.

Good, useful work.

The thing is--can you fully trust these two young men--your chauffeur and his brother ?" "I could and would trust my chauffeur with my last shilling," answered Allerdyke.