"Then how did you verify your suspicions ?" "I took an X-ray photograph." "Ah! Indeed!" Mr.Jellicoe pondered for some moments.

"Astonishing!" he murmured; "and most ingenious.

The resources of science at the present day are truly wonderful." "Is there anything more that you want to say ?" asked Badger; "because, if you don't, time's up." "Anything more ?" Mr.Jellicoe repeated slowly; "anything more?
No--I--think--think--the time--is--up.

Yes--the--the time--" He broke off and sat with a strange look fixed on Thorndyke.
His face had suddenly undergone a curious change.

It looked shrunken and cadaverous and his lips had assumed a peculiar cherry-red colour.
"Is anything the matter, Mr.Jellicoe ?" Badger asked uneasily.