“Who is he?”

“Frank Hare.”

“I don’t know him.”

“He knows you.”

“Is he one of McClusky’s fly coppers?” asked Mike.

“No; he works for Burt Cromwell.”

At the mention of that name the dive-keeper became very pale.

“Do you mean to say Burt knows about that Elizabeth Street business?”

“Yes; he found Murphy just before the latter died.”

“And Murphy spoke to him?”