"It's the piece headed, 'Our Special Investigator.' You see, they've started a special investigator of their own, and he's got hold of a lot of little facts the police seem to have overlooked.

The man who writes all that--I mean the Special Investigator--was a famous 'tec in his time, and he's just come back out of his retirement o' purpose to do this bit of work for the paper.

You read what he says--I shouldn't be a bit surprised if he ends by getting that reward! One can see he just loves the work of tracking people down." "There's nothing to be proud of in such a job," said his wife listlessly.
"He'll have something to be proud of if he catches The Avenger!" cried Bunting.

He was too keen about this affair to be put off by Ellen's contradictory remarks.

"You just notice that bit about the rubber soles.