"I know, and I saw him place that tie in his overcoat pocket."
"You say that. Quite so. Mr. Ainsleigh might have taken it out again."
"No. He couldn't have done that. The attendant came back, and remained in the room all the rest of the evening."
"How do you know that?"
"Because I returned to the cloak-room to see if Mr. Ainsleigh was there. I learned from the attendant," said the Major volubly, "that Mr. Ainsleigh and Mr. Burgh had been fighting--"
"Oh," said the detective, "so Mr. Burgh knew of the tie also?"
"He did not," put in young Ainsleigh rapidly, "he came in, after I put the tie away. He insulted me, about--about a lady," said Rupert hesitating, "and I knocked him down twice."
"Didn't the attendant interfere?"
"No. Burgh threw him a shilling and told him to cut. I ordered the man to stay, but he obeyed Burgh. Then we had a row, and I went away."
"Leaving Mr. Burgh in the cloak-room?" asked Rodgers shrewdly.