“At about six p.m.”
“And you did not return to your hotel until three o’clock this morning. Please tell me where you were during that time.”
“Certainly. I spent the time with Kopeikin. He met me at the station, and we drove in a taxi to the Adler-Palace, where I left my suitcase and had a wash. We then had some drinks and dined. Where did we have the drinks, Kopeikin?”
“At the Rumca Bar.”
“Yes, that was it. We went on to the Pera Palace to dine. Just before eleven we left there, and went on to Le Jockey Cabaret.”
“Le Jockey Cabaret! You surprise me! What did you do there?”
“We danced with an Arab girl named Maria, and saw the cabaret.”
“We? Was there, then, only one girl between you?”
“I was rather tired, and did not want to dance much. Later we had a drink with one of the cabaret dancers, Josette, in her dressing-room.” To Graham it all sounded rather like the evidence of detectives in a divorce case.
“A nice girl, this Josette?”