As the days went on and he read nothing to alarm him, his tension grew less.

It really looked as if Scotland Yard and the newspapers had forgotten all about the Cornwall murder, or had relegated it to the list of undiscoverable mysteries.
He now glanced at the headlines listlessly enough.

The editor could offer nothing better on his front page that night than Ireland and the industrial situation.

Charles opened the sheet and looked inside.

His listlessness vanished as his eye fell upon his own name.