Captain Francis Newcombe replaced the papers in the envelope, and placed the envelope in his pocket. He set the candle back on the chair, blew it out, and walked across the room to the door.
"Gray, eh?" said Captain Francis Newcombe under his breath, as he closed the door behind him. "Polly Gray, eh? Well, it doesn't matter, does it? It's just as good an iron in the fire whether it's—Wickes or Gray!"
—III—
THREE OF THEM
Twenty-five minutes later, Captain Francis Newcombe stood at the door of his apartment. Runnells admitted him.
"Paul Cremarre here yet?" demanded the ex-captain of territorials briskly.
"Yes," said Runnells. "Been here half an hour."
With Runnells behind him, Captain Francis Newcombe entered the living room of the apartment. A tall man, immaculately dressed, with a small, very carefully trimmed black moustache, with eyes that were equally black but whose pupils were curiously minute, stood by the mantel.
"Ah, monsieur!" He waved his arm in greeting. "Salut!"