“I only followed your lead, sir.”
This was so true that Claude changed the conversation.
“What sort of man is Corbett? Have you his description?”
“Yes. Here it is.” Mr. White produced a copy of the Police Gazette, a publication never seen by the public, but of a large circulation among the police of the United Kingdom. The details were fairly accurate as to Mensmore’s personal appearance, but there was no photograph. Oddly enough, Bruce was pleased on noting this serious deficiency.
“You did not secure his picture?”
“No. Mrs. Hillmer declared that she had not a single photograph of her brother in her possession.”
“Did she—tell you his real name?” the barrister had almost said, but he deflected the question. “Did she give you any hint as to a possible cause for this apparently unnecessary crime?”
“Not a word.”
“Then you did not mention Lady Dyke to her?”