"I do not welcome questions," he admitted, "but bearing in mind the fact that this affair has been without any features of interest for you, I will reply. I knew perfectly well that Duncombe would make some attempt upon the life of Arthur Dompers. You were there to watch for it. You succeeded. Your report would have released the boy from Duncombe's control. Events, however, marched too quickly."
"On whose behalf, then, were we acting," Leonard asked, "you and all of us? Were we philanthropists or detectives?"
Our host shrugged his shoulders and helped himself to a cigar.
"That," he replied, "will be Conundrum Number Five."
CONUNDRUM NUMBER SIX
THE DUKE'S DILEMMA
"How does one address a duke?" Rose asked, looking up from the depth of her easy-chair.
"No idea," I replied. "I don't suppose we shall see anything of him."