I'll be done with him for one,' added the unchivalrous friend.
'There seem some elements of success,' said Gideon.

'Was Schmidt at all known to the police ?' 'We hope so,' said Michael.

'We have every ground to think so.

Mark the neighbourhood--Bayswater! Doesn't Bayswater occur to you as very suggestive ?' For perhaps the sixth time during this remarkable interview, Gideon wondered if he were not becoming light-headed.

'I suppose it's just because he has been lunching,' he thought; and then added aloud, 'To what figure may I go ?' 'Perhaps five thousand would be enough for today,' said Michael.