I proved that to you, didn't I, over that robbery in Phillimore Terrace?
There, as here, one of the two parties stood to lose very little in comparison with the other--" "Even then--" she began.
"Wait a moment, for I found out something more.

The moment I had ascertained that Mr.Vassall was not drawing more than about L500 a year from the business profits I tried to ascertain at what rate he lived and what were his chief vices.

I found that he kept a fine house in Albert Terrace.

Now, the rents of those houses are L250 a year.

Therefore speculation, horse-racing or some sort of gambling, must help to keep up that establishment.