“Well,” I said, after some minutes of silence, “I want you to come with me and try and find a lady. If we do meet her you’ll see whether you can identify her as a person you’ve seen before. You understand?”
“Yes,” he replied, with a puzzled look. “But are we going to see the woman whom the police suspect visited my master while I was absent?”
“Be patient,” I said, and together we went out, and re-entering the cab drove up to Hampstead.
The mystery of my friend’s death was becoming more inexplicable. Therefore I had resolved to seek Aline, and at all costs demand some explanation of the extraordinary phenomena which had taken place in Roddy’s rooms as well as in my own.
Chapter Nine.
Mrs Popejoy’s Statement.
“Is Miss Cloud at home?” I inquired of the maid, as Ash stood behind in wonder.
“She doesn’t live here, sir,” replied the girl.