“He is the gentleman who gave the damaging evidence against you on Monday, is he not?”
“He is! Then there was a Mr. Bourke, a leader writer on the Daily Record.”
“I know Mr. Bourke,” said the detective. “We may dismiss him from the case at once.”
“Then there was an artist named Halliday, who occasionally dropped in, but he is now in Dresden.”
“When did he go?”
“Nearly two months before I went abroad myself,” Godfrey answered. “I think I have given you the list of my friends. I can remember no more.”
“Now, sir, that box, in which the hands were sent, had you ever seen it before?”
“No,” said Godfrey; “I am quite certain I had not.”
“When you came home from Egypt, did you make any purchases in Naples?”