Breton looked at Spargo as if he was asking him for an explanation of
Mr. Cardlestone's altered manner. And Spargo took up the conversation.

"No," he said. "All that Mr. Elphick knows is that Mr. Ronald Breton's
name and address were on the scrap of paper found on the body. Mr.
Elphick"--here Spargo paused and looked at Breton--"Mr. Elphick," he
presently continued, slowly transferring his glance to the old
barrister, "spoke of going to view the body."

"Ah!" exclaimed Mr. Cardlestone, eagerly. "It can be seen? Then I'll go
and see it. Where is it?"

Breton started.

"But--my dear sir!" he said. "Why?"

Mr. Cardlestone picked up his umbrella again.

"I feel a proper curiosity about a mystery which occurs at my very
door," he said. "Also, I have known more than one man who went to
Australia. This might--I say might, young gentlemen--might be a man I
had once known. Show me where this body is."

Breton looked helplessly at Spargo: it was plain that he did not
understand the turn that things were taking. But Spargo was quick to
seize an opportunity. In another minute he was conducting Mr.
Cardlestone through the ins and outs of the Temple towards Blackfriars.
And as they turned into Tudor Street they encountered Mr. Elphick.