In a few seconds the room ceased to spin.

Nevertheless, her voice sounded to her pitifully inadequate.
"What an absurdity all this is!" she exclaimed.
"Maderstrom," Captain Griffiths said thoughtfully, "was, curiously enough, an intimate college friend of your brother's.

He was also a visitor at Wood Norton Hall.

At neither place is there any trace of Mr.Hamar Lessingham.

Perhaps you have made a mistake, Lady Cranston.
Perhaps you have recognised the man and failed to remember his name.