“What are you going to do about Corbett?” he asked.
“Find him.”
“But how?”
“People are always tied to a centre by a string, and no matter how long the string may be, it contracts sooner or later. Corbett will turn up at Raleigh Mansions, and before very many weeks have passed, if I mistake not.”
“And then?”
“Then he will have to answer me a few pertinent questions.”
“But suppose he knows nothing whatever about the business?”
“In that case I must confess the clue is more tangled than ever.”
“It would be curious if Corbett and Jane Harding were in any way associated.”
“If they were, it would take much to convince me that one or both could not supply at least some important information bearing on my—on our quest. If Mr. White even knew as much as I do about them he would arrest them at sight.”