d apparently Crawley, or Smith, was the man who hired them. He even
paid a little extra for the damage which the alleged lunatic might do
the car. The chauffeur says that he had some doubt, and had intended to
inform the police after he had arrived at his destination. As a matter
of fact, they were just outside Eastbourne when the accident occurred."
"The Man Who Knew" paused.

"Where did he say he was taking her?" he asked Frank.

"He was told to drive into Eastbourne, where more detailed instructions
would be given to him. The police have confirmed his story, and he has
been released.

"I have just come from May," said Frank. "She looks none the worse for
her exciting adventure. I hope you have arranged to have her guarded?"

Saul Arthur Mann nodded.

"It will be the last adventure of that kind our friend will attempt," he
said.

"Still, this enlightens us a little. We know that Mr. Rex Holland has an
accomplice, and that accomplice is Sergeant Smith, so we may presume
that they were both in the murder. Constable Wiseman has been suitably
rewarded, as he well deserves," said Frank heartily.

"You bear no malice," smiled Saul Arthur Mann.

Frank laughed, and shook his head.

"How can one?" he asked simply.

May had another visitor. Jasper Cole came hurriedly to London at the
first intimation of the outrage, but was reassured by the girl's
appearance.

"It was awfully thrilling," she said, "but really I am not greatly
distressed; in fact, I think I look less tired than you."

He nodded.

"That is very possible. I did not go to bed until very late this
morning," he said. "I was so engrossed in my research work that I did
not realize it was morning until they brought me my tea."

"You haven't been in bed all night?" she said, shocked, and shook her
head reprovingly. "That is one of your habits of life which will have to
be changed," she warned him.

Jasper Cole did not dismiss her unpleasant experience as lightly as she.

"I wonder what the object of it all was," he said, "and why they took
you back to Eastbourne? I think we shall find that the headquarters of
this infernal combination is somewhere in Sussex."

"Mr. Mann doesn't think so," she said, "but believes that the car was to
be met by another at Eastbourne and I was to be transferred. He says
that the idea of taking me there was to throw the police off the scent."

She shivered.

"It wasn't a nice experience," she confessed.

The intervie