"Yes."
"Please go on."
"Now the police absolutely decline to say as yet just what evidence they have against Herbert beyond the finding of the plate in his possession," the reporter resumed, "though, of course, that's enough and to spare. They will not say, either, how they first came to connect him with the affair. Detective Mallory doesn't——"
"When and where was Mr. Herbert arrested?"
"Yesterday, Tuesday, afternoon in his rooms. Fourteen pieces of the gold plate were on the table."
The Thinking Machine dropped his eyes a moment to squint at the reporter.
"Only eleven pieces of the plate were first stolen, you said?"
"Only eleven, yes."
"And I think you said two shots were fired at the thief?"
"Yes."