He was nonplused, for no one answering the description of the Cunarder's passenger had landed from the Intrepid in Melbourne.
"But he's there. I'll bet my head on it!" said Old Broadbrim, as he turned away.
[CHAPTER VI.]
SPOTTED IN AUSTRALIA.
If Merle Macray had landed from the Intrepid on the quays of Melbourne he had done so under a disguise that had deceived the detective of two continents.
Old Broadbrim for once seemingly had used his eyes in vain, and after a while he went back, walking up the quay, and turned into Collins Street in a deep study.
If he had watched a certain little old man who walked from the vessel he might have changed his mind.
This person, who carried a valise, had been among the first to disembark, and had hastened to get beyond the piers.
Half an hour later he might have been seen to enter one of the offices of the cable company and to ask for a message for "Ira Black."