“A little over two years ago, sir, this very month.”
Then, as the detective rose, she added: “If you would like to step round to Doctor Mayhew’s he is sure to be in at this time. He could give you full particulars of the end.”
“Thanks,” said Smeaton absently, as he bade her good-day.
There was no need to visit the doctor. The woman’s tale had been simple and convincing.
What he knew for a certainty was that Ivan Bolinski, alias Bellamy, alias Charlton, the writer of the threatening letter, had died more than two years before Reginald Monkton’s disappearance.
Was Reginald Monkton dead, or still alive?