They always walk to the
corner of the street with a nurse, and a porter belonging to the house
brings their luggage along."
"The idea is secrecy?"
"No doubt. But as I have said, the word was passed round."
"Did you know either of these other women?"
"No; but they were obviously members of good society."
"And you drove them?"
"One to St. Pancras, and one to Waterloo," said Brian, dropping
back somewhat into his coarser style, and permitting a slow grin to
overspread his countenance.
"To catch trains, no doubt?"
"Not a bit of it! To MEET trains!"
"You mean?"
"I mean that their own private cars were waiting for them at the ARRIVAL
platform as I drove 'em up to the DEPARTURE platform, and that they
simply marched through the station and pretended to have arrived by
train!"
Inspector Dunbar took out his notebook and fountain-pen, and began to
tap his teeth with the latter, nodding his head at the same time.
"You are sure of the accuracy of your last statement?" he said, raising
his eyes to the other.
"I followed one of them," was the reply, "and saw her footman gravely
take charge of the luggage which I had just brought from Victoria; and a
pal of mine followed the other--the Waterloo one, that was."
Inspector Dunbar scribbled busily.
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