His name was Bollum, Richard Bollum, and he had connections with Australia;--was largely concerned in Australian gold-mines.

When Caldigate heard this, he looked round involuntarily to see whether the door was closed.

'We're tiled, of course,' said Bollum.

Caldigate with a frown nodded his head, and Bollum went on.

He hadn't come there, he said, to speak of some recent troubles of which he had heard.