"Washington was very secretive about the man Fynes' identity.

I found that out from Scotland Yard.

Do you know, I'm half inclined to think, although I can't get a word out of Harvey, that this man Fynes--" The Prime Minister hesitated.
"Well ?" the Duke asked a little impatiently.
"I don't want to go too far," his chief said.

"I am making some fresh inquiries, and I am hoping to get at the bottom of the matter very shortly.

One thing is very certain, though, and that is that no two murders have ever been committed in this city with more cold-blooded deliberation, and with more of what I should call diabolical cleverness.
Take the affair of poor young Vanderpole, for instance.