Rowland smiled.
"I'm afraid not. He has taken fright."
"But why?"
"I don't know. If he is honest you should find him at the Bayrischer Hof. If he is merely frightened the matter may be more difficult. But if he knows more than he has told us he is already on his way to the Swiss border----"
"You suspect him----"
"I suspect everyone. He says that he was asleep. But Drelich avers that he told Berghof he had carried a suit-case to the Haupt Bahnhof. Berghof knew that and he knew also what the suit-case contained--money--much money."
"True," cried Senf excitedly. "But how could he have redeemed the bag without the ticket in Drelich's pocket?"
"He couldn't. But he could have gone to the lodgings of Drelich and taken it. The porter was drunk."
"And the ticket Drelich gave you?"
Rowland grinned. "Would there not be other baggage checks in the office of the Bayrischer Hof? The owner of the bag may be hunting it now. Find the owner of that bag, Herr Senf, and we will know who made the substitution."