Does it occur to you that, after all, Forbes may not
be dead?"
"Not dead?" echoed Burke and O'Connor together.
"Exactly; that's just what I said - not dead. Now stop and think a
moment. Would the great Forbes be so foolish as to go about with
a watch marked 'W. F.' if he knew, as he must have known, that you
would communicate with London and by means of the prints find out
all about him?"
"Yes," agreed Burke, "all we have to go by is his watch found on
Williams. I suppose there is some possibility that Forbes may still
be alive."
"Who is this third man who comes in and with whom Harriet Wollstone
goes away so willingly?" put in O'Connor. "You said the house had
been closed - absolutely closed?"
Burke nodded. "Been closed ever since the last arrest. There's a
servant who goes in now and then, but the car hasn't been there
before to-night, wherever it has been."
"I should like to watch that house myself for a while," mused
Kennedy. "I suppose you have no objections to my doing so?"
"Of course not. Go ahead," said Burke. "I will go along with you
if you wish, or my man can go with you."
"No," said Kennedy, "too many of us might spoil the broth. I'll
watch alone to-night and will see you in the morning.
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