"No; he was looking for someone else that we're interested in. But that's neither here nor there. Barrow happened to sec Miss Avery, and for reasons which I'm not going to explain he kept his eye on her."
"I only hope his thoughts were pure," said the Saint piously.
"Barrow saw you take a package from Miss Avery, and immediately afterwards he saw her leave the restaurant," continued Mr Teal coldly. "He accosted her in the foyer—"
"Disgusting, I call it," said the Saint. "What these policemen get away with—"
"He showed her his authority—"
"She must have been thrilled," murmured Simon.
"She refused to say anything, and Barrow rang me up," went on Teal, his self-control gradually slipping and his voice taking on its old familiar blare. "I got hold of these warrants, but I went to Miss Avery's flat first. She denied knowing anything about the Z-Man, but I'd been expecting that. What I did make her admit was that the package she handed you contained a large sum of money."
"Ten thousand pounds," said the Saint lazily. "I counted it."
Teal glowered at him, popeyed.
"I want that package—"