probabilities in this case are that the man was interested in
the book because it dealt with his own town."

Bryce turned away towards a wall on which hung a number of
charts and plans of Wrychester Cathedral and its precincts
--it was to inspect one of these that he had come to the
Library. But suddenly remembering that there was a question
which he could ask without exciting any suspicion or surmise,
he faced round again on the librarian.

"Isn't there a register of burials within the Cathedral?" he
inquired. "Some book in which they're put down? I was looking
in the Memorials of Wrychester the other day, and I saw some
names I want to trace."

Campany lifted his quill pen and pointed to a case of big
leather-bound volumes in a far corner of the room.

"Third shelf from the bottom, doctor," he replied. "You'll
see two books there--one's the register of all burials within
the Cathedral itself up to date: the other's the register of
those in Paradise and the cloisters. What names are you
wanting to trace?"

But Bryce affected not to hear the last question; he walked
over to the place which Campany had indicated, and taking down
the second book carried it to an adjacent table. Campany
called across the room to him.

"You'll find useful indexes at the end," he said. "They're