They proved--as I shall explain--better for our purpose than I was aware of.
"When I told Ferruci of my discovery, he gave Clear money and made him hire the house and furnish two rooms for himself.

I supplied the money.
In this way Clear, calling himself Berwin, which was the name of Vrain's house in the country, came to live in Pimlico.

We also removed the real Vrain to Mrs.Clear's at Bayswater, and he passed as her husband.

So weak were his brains, and so cowed was his spirit, that there was no difficulty in keeping him in the house, and the neighbours were told merely that Clear was ill.
"For my part, I took up my abode in Jersey Street under the name of Wrent, and met Clear outside on occasions when it was necessary for me to see him; but I never entered the house--for obvious reasons.
"I was constantly afraid lest Clear, in his drunken fits--for he was always more or less drunk--should reveal our secret, and I took as my bedroom an apartment in Mrs.Bensusan's out of the window of which I could overlook the back of No.13.One night, when I was watching, I saw a dark figure glide into Mrs.Bensusan's yard and climb over the fence, only to disappear.

I was terribly alarmed, and wondering what was wrong, I put on my clothes and hurried downstairs into the yard.