"I know of no charge against him.

I don't know that I have the right to say so much," he added, sipping his whisky and soda, "but putting two and two together, I should rather come to the conclusion that he was a person of some political importance." "Not a criminal at all ?" "Not as I know of," the inspector assented.

"That isn't the way I read the enquiries at all." "You relieve me," Mr.Fentolin declared.

"Now what about his possessions ?" "There's a man coming down shortly from Scotland Yard," the inspector announced, a little gloomily.

"My orders were to touch nothing, but to locate him." "Well, you've succeeded so far," Mr.Fentolin remarked.