New Britain herald., 1922-08-21
(Continued From Our Last Issue
 CHAPTER WIT

the hospitality of the Red House. By
 ID o'clock his bag was packed, and
 waiting to be taken to the George, " To Bill. coming upstairs after a more prolonged breakfast. this eaerIy morn- ing bustle was little surprising.
 whats the hurry" he asked.
 None. But we don't want to come
 back here after the inquest. Get your packing over now and then we can have the morning to ourselves"
 "Righto." He turned to 20 to his room. and then came back again. T say. are we going to tell Cayley that we're staying at the George"
 You're not staying at the George" Bill. NJ officially. You're going back to London"
 f"Oh."
 "Yes. Ask cayley to. have your luggage sent in to stanton, ready for you when you catch train there after !. the inquest. You can tell him that you've got to see the Bishop of Lon don at once. The fact that you are hurrying back to London to be con- frmed will make 1t seem more natural that l should resume my interrupted solitude at the George as soon as you have gone"
 Then where do I sleep tonight?"
 "t1nofficially. in my bed unless they've got another spare room at the George I've put your confirmation -robe--I mean your pajamas and brushes and things----in my bag, ready for you. Is there anything else you want to know? No? Then go and pack And meet me at ten-thirty beneath the blasted oak or in the hall or somewhere. l want to talk and talk and talk and l must have my Watson"
 Good" said Bill, and went of to his room..
 An hour later they wandered out to- gether into the park.
 "Well?" said Bill. as they sat down underneath convenient tree. Talk away"
 T had many bright thoughts in my hath this morning." began Antony. The brightest one of all was that we were being damn fools, and working | at this thing from the wrong end all . together"
 Well that's helpful"
 If we had been professionals. be- lieve we should have gone at it from the other end. The Robert end. We've been wondering about Mark Mark and Cayley all the time. Now let's wonder about Robert for bit."
 We know so little about him."
 Well, let's see what we do know. First of all, then we know vaguely that he was a Y lot.
 "Yes."
 
 aous thing. We know that Mark told you all that this black sheep was com ing. Now. why did he tell you?" Bill was thoughtful for a moment. : "I suppose he said slowly, that he knew we were bound to see him and thought that the best way was to be quite frank about him"
 But were you bound to see him? You were all playing golf
 We were bound to see him if he stayed in the house that night"
 Very well. then. That's one thing we've discovered Mark knew that /, there was no chance of getting Rob- ert out of the house at once" Bill looked at his friend eagerly. , Go on,' he said. This Is getting  He also knew something else" went on Antony. He knew that Rob- :, ert was bound to betray his real char :. acter to you as soon as you met him." z Yes. That's sound enough" :, .:Well, now, doesn't it strike you that Mark made up his mind about all i. that rather quickly?' f. !" How do you mean?" h He got this letter at breakfast. He read it; and directly he had read .. t he began to confide in you all, That Is to say, in, about one second he . thought out the whole business and ,ame to a decision--to two decisions. He considered the possibility of get ing Robert out ot the way before you ,ame back, and decided that it was He considered the pos ability of Roberts behaving like an ordinary decent person in public, and decided that it was very unlikely. He anne to those two decisions instan q aneously, as he was reading the let CT. Isn't that rather quick work? ?" well. what's the explanation?" Antony waited until he had refilled md lighted his pipe before answering.
 " cts leave it for moment and take mother look at the two brothers. In ,onjunction, this time, with Mrs. lorbury."
 Mrs Norbury?" said Bill, sur ,rised.
 "Yes. Mark hoped to marry Miss ,orbury Now, if Robert really was blot upon the family honor Marx would want to do one of two things Either keep it from the Norburys all oeether. or else if it had to come ut. tell them himself before the news anne to them indirectly. Well, he old them. But the funny thing IS nat he told them the day before ohert's letter came Robert came, nd was killed. the day before yester- Mark told Mrs. Nor ury about him on Monday. What 0 you make of that?'
 "Coincidence, said Bill, after care l, thought. He'd always meant to .r her: his suit was prospering. and ,st before it was finally settled. he ,,d her That happened to be Mon- ,v On Tuesday he got Roberts tier and felt jolly glad that ned i'd her in time
 Well it might be that. but it's ,ther a curious coincidence. And gre is something which makes 1t very ,r,ous indeed It only occurred to e in the bath this morning. ln- ,irine place, a bathroom Well, It's
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