"Look here, I would like a word or two with you." Mr Verloc, still pale, had brought an air of resolution with him.

Still he didn't look at his wife.

He said: "Come in here, then." And he led the way into the parlour.
The door was hardly shut when Mrs Verloc, jumping up from the chair, ran to it as if to fling it open, but instead of doing so fell on her knees, with her ear to the keyhole.

The two men must have stopped directly they were through, because she heard plainly the Chief Inspector's voice, though she could not see his finger pressed against her husband's breast emphatically.
"You are the other man, Verloc.

Two men were seen entering the park." And the voice of Mr Verloc said: "Well, take me now.