musingly. "A very bold
fellow! There's a very good portrait of him on those bills that the police
have put out and posted so freely, and he must know that every constable
and detective in London is on the look-out for him, to say nothing of folk
who would be glad of the reward. If that was Burchill--and I've no doubt
of it, since you're so certain--it suggests a good deal to me."

"What?" asked Selwood.

"That he's not afraid of being recaptured as you'd think he would
be," replied the Professor. "It suggests that he's got some card
up his sleeve--which is what I've always thought. He probably knows
something--you may be certain, in any case, that he's playing a deep
and bold game, for his own purpose, of course. Now, I wonder if
Burchill went to that restaurant on the same errand as yourself?"

"What!--to look for Dimambro?" exclaimed Selwood.

"Why not? Remember that Burchill was Jacob Herapath's secretary before
you were," answered the Professor. "He was with Jacob some time,
wasn't he? Well, he knew a good deal about Jacob's doings. Jacob may
have had dealings with this Dimambro person in Burchill's days. You
don't remember that Jacob had any such dealings in your time?"

"Never!" replied Selwood. "Never heard the man's name until
yesterday--never saw any letters from him, never heard Mr. Herapath
mention him. But then, as Mr. Halfpenny said, yesterday, Mr. Herapath
had all sorts of queer dealings with queer people. It's a fact that he
used to buy and sell all sorts of things--curios, pictures, precious
stones--he'd all sorts of irons in the fire. It's a fact, too, that he
was accustomed to carrying not only considerable sums of money, but
valuables on him."

"Ah!" exclaimed the Professor. He rose out of his chair, put his hands
behind his broad back, and began to march up and down his study. "I'll
tell you what, young man!" he said earnestly. "I'm more than ever
convinced that Jacob Herapath was robbed as well as murdered, and that
robbery and murder--or, rather, murder and robbery, for the murder would
go first--took place just before Barthorpe entered the offices to keep
that appointment. Selwood!--we must find this Dimambro man!"

"Who's most likely left the country," remarked Selwood.

"That's probable--it may be certain," said the Professor. "Nevertheless,
he may be here. And Burchill may be looking for him, too. Now, if Dimambro
stopped two days at that Hotel Ravenna, from November 11th to 13th, there