"I know. It was to throw dust in your eyes. You would report that Anchor was at enmity with Sakers and Mrs. Anchor, and thus no one would suspect him of the robbery. When he spoke to you, Mr. Jarman, he had the papers on him. Sakers--or rather Berry--knew this. He intended to kill Anchor, and to rob the body of the papers. However, he chose the wrong moment, as you were talking to the man. You chased Sakers, and he could not search the body. I did so." "Ah! you were on the spot. You said something about it." "I learnt--in a way that it is not necessary to explain--that the man intended to betray his trust. Mrs. Anchor gave the information." "Was she at the house?" "Yes, and I was waiting there for the return of Anchor. I left the house and went to your rooms, Mr. Jarman, where Mrs. Anchor said her husband had gone. I saw the shot fired, and saw also that Sakers fled, pursued by you. When the street was quiet I came to see the body, and got the papers from the breast-pocket." "But what about the Chinaman, Lo Keong, who stabbed him?" "It was not a Chinaman," said Tamaroo, quietly. "I stabbed him." "You?" Jarman was beginning to see the connection between the San Francisco crime and the Sand Lane murder. "Yes, I," said Tamaroo, perfectly calm and collected, while Frank shivered. "Anchor was a traitor. He was betraying a sacred trust. When I took the papers he opened his eyes. I saw that he was still alive, so I stabbed him." Jarman jumped up, and even Frank recoiled from the negro. "You had no right to kill the man," said Eustace, hoarsely. "I did not. The shot was a fatal one. I simply stabbed him to make sure. You need not rebuke me, Mr. Jarman. I did it then and I would do it again." "Did you do it again?" asked Frank, remembering the death of Starth. "You are thinking of Sand Lane. Yes, sir, it was I who stabbed Starth." Eustace shuddered. "Was he alive?" "No. He was quite dead. But I stabbed him in order to frighten Mr. Berry. When he saw that the man had died from wounds similar to those Anchor had died from, I fancied he would be afraid, and abandon his scheme to get the money." "Did Berry know that you stabbed Anchor?" "No. Nor does he know that I stabbed Starth. But, seeing that there was a shot wound and a knife wound in the two cases, he must have gathered that someone else was mixed up in the matter. Such a knowledge would make him careful." "It didn't, however," said Frank.