"Certainly. Pick what you like. He hasn't left much about. Not exactly the pen of a ready writer. There are a few interesting notes of his early campaigns, but they're rather antiques by this time."
"I'd rather have something quite recent."
"There's a bundle of cancelled cheques here, if that would do."
"It would do particularly well—I want something with figures in it if possible. Many thanks. I'll take these."
"How on earth is his handwriting going to tell you when he pegged out?"
"That's my secret, dash it all! Have you been down to Gatti's?"
"Yes. They seem to know Oliver fairly well by sight, but that's all. He lunched there fairly often, say once a week or so, but they don't remember seeing him since the eleventh. Perhaps he's keeping under cover. However, I'll haunt the place a bit and see if he turns up."
"I wish you would. His call came from a public box, so that line of inquiry peters out."
"Oh, bad luck!"
"You've found no mention of him in any of the General's papers?"