"Was the face familiar?"
"It was, but I cannot recall where I have seen it before. It struck me as being a familiar face disguised. It was not Eustace's."
"You feel sure of that?"
"I'm quite sure. I wish you had been here to have seen it."
"I did see it."
"But you were at Waroona Downs."
"So I was. It was there I saw it. That man and his companion stuck the house up. I was asleep on the verandah and they must have crept on me, for when I awakened I was bound hand and foot. The man you describe was standing in front of me. When I attempted to shout to warn Mrs. Burke, a handkerchief was pressed over my mouth and tied by someone who kept behind me. That is the handkerchief which was used. Who would you say tied it?"
"I should suspect Eustace, of course; or do you think the man with the beard was Eustace?"
Durham shook his head.
"No," he said. "The description I have of Eustace does not agree at all with the build and general appearance of that man. If Eustace were there at the time he must have kept behind me. Is Mrs. Burke a woman who talks much?"