They had, as a matter of fact, done nothing
to excite suspicion until the general request for information had
been received.
The house man of the St. Cenis welcomed us cordially upon McBride's
introduction and agreed to take us up to the rooms of the strange
couple if they were not in. As it happened it was the lunch hour
and they were not in the room. Still, Kennedy dared not be too
particular in his search of their effects, for he did not wish to
arouse suspicion upon their return, at least not yet.
"It seems to me, Craig," I suggested after we had nosed about for
a few minutes, finding nothing, "that this is pre-eminently a case
in which to use the dictograph as you did in that Black Hand case."
He shook his head doubtfully, although I could see that the idea
appealed to him. "The dictograph has been getting too much
publicity lately," he said. "I'm afraid they would discover it,
that is, if they are at all the clever people I think them. Besides,
I would have to send up to the laboratory to get one and by the time
the messenger returned they might be back from lunch. No, we've got
to do something else, and do it quickly."
He was looking about the room in an apparently aimless manner. On
the side wall hung a cheap etching of a woodland scene.
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