He gave it to her just before he set off for Russia." Chettle screwed his lips up to whistle--instead of whistling he suddenly relaxed them to a comprehending smile.
"Aye, just so!" he said.

"I was sure it lay somewhere--here.

Fullaway himself, now--does he know ?" "James gave it to her in Fullaway's presence," replied Allerdyke.

"She's a bit of a photographer, I understand--they were talking about photography, I gathered, one day when James was in Fullaway's office, and James pulled that out and gave it to her as a specimen of my work." "All that came out in talk this afternoon ?" asked Chettle.
"Just so.

Ordinary, casual talk," assented Allerdyke.
"No suspicion roused ?" suggested Chettle.
"I don't think so.