He went out to Africa, you know.' Mallinson lifted himself on his elbow.
'Africa,' he said slowly.

'Yes, I heard that.

Why do you mention him ?' 'Oh, I thought perhaps you might have known the man, that's all.
He's dead.' Fielding spoke with a studied carelessness, looking anywhere except at Mallinson.
'Dead,' repeated Mallinson in the same tone, but his heart was beginning to race, and he lifted himself higher into a sitting position.

'Gorley was a relation of Mrs.Willoughby, I believe.' 'A kind of cousin.' There was silence between the men for a second or two.

Mallinson was recalling what Mrs.Willoughby had said that evening at Beaufort Gardens, when Mr.Le Mesurier pressed her to meet Stephen Drake at lunch.
'So Gorley died in Africa,' he remarked.