The Hunter Hunted The omnibus of those days was a leisurely vehicle.

Its ordinary pace was a rather sluggish trot, and in a thickly populated thoroughfare its speed was further reduced by frequent stoppages.

Bearing these facts in mind, I gave an occasional backward glance as we jogged northward, though my attention soon began to wander from the rather remote possibility of pursuit to the incidents of our late exploration.
It had not been difficult to see that Thorndyke was very well pleased with the results of our search, but excepting the letter--which undoubtedly opened up a channel for further inquiry and possible identification--I could not perceive that any of the traces that we had found justified his satisfaction.

There were the spectacles, for instance.

They were almost certainly the pair worn by Mr.Graves.