Detective and mystery stories; England -- Fiction; Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
“I’ve told you all I know,” he said. “But I doubt if it’s been much
help to you. There’s one thing more that you might think worth
following up. A fellow I know saw Mrs. Draycott in Paris in 1920,
three years after she married Draycott. Draycott was in Egypt at the
time and she was with a man whom this friend of mine, Lloyd, was
unable to identify. He was an old friend of Baxter’s and knew that I
should not be sorry to have a hold over her, so, after he’d run across
them three or four times, he followed them to their hotel one night,
but her name was not on the register and he couldn’t trace the man. He
believes they were staying together under assumed names. I kept his
letter, thinking I might bluff her with it if we ever came up against
each other. I give you the story for what it’s worth and I’ll write
down Lloyd’s address for you and send him a line asking him to tell
you what he knows, if you think it’s worth while to look him up. But I
warn you, he doesn’t know much. It’s possible, however, that if she
went to Paris with this man, she may have put the screw on him later.”
He scribbled an address on the back of a card and placed it on the
table.
Fayre picked it up and slipped it into his pocket-book.
“Anything’s worth while at this stage of the game,” he admitted
thoughtfully.
He stood hesitating, considering his next move. Knowing Gregg’s quick
temper, he found considerable difficulty in clothing the question that
was trembling on his lips in a form the other would not immediately
resent, but he knew that he could not let the man go until he had an
answer.
“I wish you’d tell me one thing,” he said at last.
“Fire away. I’m not going off the deep end again, if that’s what
you’re afraid of,” answered Gregg with disconcerting intuition.
“Can you give me your movements from, say, five onwards on the evening
of the murder? I’ve a good reason for asking.”
Gregg looked genuinely surprised; then his lips parted in a rather
grim smile.
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