“No buts about it, lad. I am Nick Carter, and represent Superintendent Byrnes, and this is the coroner. You do what I tell you and no harm shall come to you.”
Nick saw he was dealing with a naturally bright, quick-witted and honest lad.
“Now, then, Jack, tell me. Who was here in these offices when you left to take Mr. Redway’s watch to the jeweler’s?”
“Nobody, except him and Miss Langdon.”
“That was ten minutes before five.”
“Yes, sir.[{26}]”
“You are sure that he didn’t follow you to the street?”
“Not that I saw. He had just come in from the street about ten minutes before.”
“Oh!”
“Yes, sir, he went out with a lady, and was gone nearly half an hour.”