"And now for your story," said he. "How did you know that it concerned Mr. Francis?"
Lady Oxted sat down again.
"G. Armytage is Godfrey Armytage," she said, "a side point only. You have told your tale very clearly, Geoffrey. But there is one weak point in the evidence."
"Evidence? What evidence?" asked Geoffrey.
"Yes; evidence is the wrong word—chain of circumstance, if you will. The weak point is that there is no certain proof of the identity of Dr. Godfrey with Dr. Armytage. It is certain to you and me, I grant you, but still— Did Harry say what this man he met driving to the station was like?"
"'Not a canny man' were his words," said Geoffrey; "'dark, clean-shaven, forty, and distasteful.'"
"That is on all fours," said Lady Oxted.
"You haven't answered my question," Geoffrey reminded her.
"No—I will. Did you ever hear of the Harmsworth case—the death of Harold Harmsworth?"