"And every night," said Aunt Rob, "till we get her home. I don't let her out of my sight. Dick, what are you looking so glum for?" "Am I looking glum?" he said, striving to speak cheerfully. "I was not aware of it." "Dear Dick!" said Florence, stepping to his side. "How can we thank you?" "That will do, that will do," he said. "As if anybody in my place wouldn't have done the same! I must be off now--a thousand things to attend to." "Pop into the office between eight and nine for a chat," said Uncle Rob. "All right, uncle, I'll be there," answered Dick, waving goodbye to the happy group. He was glad to get away, to think of the work before him. The search in Samuel Boyd's house for the body of Abel Death must be made to-night; it might be the last opportunity he would have to do so secretly. "I must dodge the police, and I must get in early," he thought. "At nine I will have a chat with Uncle Rob, at ten I'll be in Catchpole Square. My mind is in a state of muddle. Let me see how the case stands in respect of dates and the consecutive order of events. To save confusion I will jot them down." Taking a small memorandum book from his pocket he halted at a street corner, and made the following entries: "_Friday, 1st March_.--Abel Death discharged by Samuel Boyd. He pays a visit to Catchpole Square at about ten o'clock to beg Boyd to take him back into his service. Reginald's two visits to the house, the first in the afternoon, the second late at night, hour unknown. In his haste to get away on the second occasion he drops in the passage the key of the street door. Samuel Boyd murdered. Query--Did Abel Death and Reginald meet? Would it be advisable, when Reginald is in his right senses, to ask him about this? "_Saturday, 2nd March_.--Mrs. Death goes to Catchpole Square to obtain news of her husband. Unsuccessful. Good reason for it. Dead men tell no tales. Reginald back in his lodgings, in bed, delirious. The events of the previous night being fresh in his mind, it is likely he raved about them. Query--Who attended to him? His landlady. Did she hear anything that would furnish a clue, and will this occur to her when the murder is discovered? "_Sunday, 3d March_.--Mrs. Death repeats her visits to Catchpole Square. Same result. Same reason for it. "_Monday, 4th March_.--Mrs. Death continues her visits to Catchpole Square.