"May I be permitted to offer my felicitations and to assure you of my immense relief.

There was a rumour--the affair occurring in monsieur's apartment--that the unfortunate man was yourself, Sir Henry." Hunterleys was thoughtful for a moment.

He began to understand the sensation which his appearance had caused.

Other ideas, too, were crowding into his brain.
"Look here, Monsieur Picard," he said, "of course, I have no objection to the change of rooms--that's all right--but I should like to know a little more about the man who you say committed suicide in my apartment.
I should like to see him." Monsieur Picard shook his head.
"It would be a very difficult matter, that, monsieur," he declared.

"The laws of Monaco are stringent in such affairs." "That is all very well," Hunterleys protested, "but I cannot understand what he was doing in my apartment.