She flushed under the implied reproof, and hurriedly added:
"Have you acquainted the police with your discoveries, Mr. Colwyn?"
"I have, and I am bound to say that they attach very little importance to them."
"Do you propose to go any further with your investigations?"
"I would prefer not to answer that question until I have seen Mr. Oakham to-morrow."
CHAPTER XIV
When Colwyn went in to lunch the following day after a walk on the front, he found Sir Henry awaiting him in the lounge with a visitor whose identity the detective guessed before Sir Henry introduced him.
"This is Mr. Oakham," said Sir Henry. "I have told him of your investigation into this painful case which has brought him to Norfolk."