"Look here!" he said. "Didn't you say that you knew a man who lives in
that block in the entry of which Marbury was found?"

"No, I didn't," answered Breton. "It was Mr. Elphick who said that. All
the same, I do know that man--he's Mr. Cardlestone, another barrister.
He and Mr. Elphick are friends--they're both enthusiastic
philatelists--stamp collectors, you know--and I dare say Mr. Elphick
was round there last night examining something new Cardlestone's got
hold of. Why?"

"I'd like to go round there and make some enquiries," replied Spargo.
"If you'd be kind enough to----"

"Oh, I'll go with you!" responded Breton, with alacrity. "I'm just as
keen about this business as you are, Spargo! I want to know who this
man Marbury is, and how he came to have my name and address on him.
Now, if I had been a well-known man in my profession, you know, why--"

"Yes," said Spargo, as they got into a cab, "yes, that would have
explained a lot. It seems to me that we'll get at the murderer through
that scrap of paper a lot quicker than through Rathbury's line. Yes,
that's what I think."

Breton looked at his companion with interest.

"But--you don't know what Rathbury's line is," he remarked.

"Yes, I do," said Spargo. "Rathbury's gone off to discover who the man
is with whom Marbury left the Anglo-Orient Hotel last night. That's his