End. He seems to have arrived in England about two years ago, to
have taken a house in Hill Street, and to have spent a great deal
of money. A month or so ago, his partner from New York arrived
in London, a man named Jordan of whom nothing was known. It has
since transpired, however, that his journey to Europe was
undertaken because he was unable to obtain certain figures
relating to the business, from Hilditch. Oliver Hilditch met him
at Southampton, travelled with him to London and found him a room
at the Savoy. The next day, the whole of the time seems to have
been spent in the office, and it is certain, from the evidence of
the clerk, that some disagreement took place between the two men.
They dined together, however, apparently on good terms, at the
Cafe Royal, and parted in Regent Street soon after ten. At
twelve o'clock, Jordan's body was picked up on the pavement in
Hill Street, within a few paces of Heidrich's door. He had been
stabbed through the heart with some needle-like weapon, and was
quite dead."

"Was there any vital cause of quarrel between them?" Wilmore
enquired.

"Impossible to say," Francis replied. "The financial position of
the company depends entirely upon the value of a large quantity
of speculative bonds, but as there was only one clerk employed,
it was impossible to get at any figures. Hilditch declared that
Jordan had only a small share in the business, from which he had
drawn a considerable income for years, and that he had not the
slightest cause for complaint."

"What were Hilditch's movements that evening?" Wilmore asked.