“Maxim?” echoed Bruce Wright. “Did you say Maxim?”
“Yes, sir! That was the name!” replied the valet impassively.
“By Jove!” said the boy half to himself. Then he said aloud to Jay:
“Did you tell the police about this?”
Jay looked somewhat uncomfortable.
“No, sir.”
“Why not?”
Jay looked at Mary Trevert.
“Well, sir, I thought perhaps I’d better tell Miss Trevert first. Bude thought so, too. That there Manderton has made so much unpleasantness in the house with his prying ways that I said to myself, sir ...”
Bruce Wright looked at Mary.