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��My heavens!�� he gasped, in a strangled tone, ��it��s gone! The cask��s gone!��

��I threw off my hat and she saw my face.

��What do you mean?�� exclaimed Felix. ��You hinted that you thought the cask contained something besides the money. What was it?��

��Boss about?�� shouted Burnley.

��The details of that mentioned in the letter are correct?��

At last La Touche came to the definite conclusion that he had not enough evidence either to convict Boirac or clear Felix. He must do better. He must break the alibi and find the carter.

��This cask is so exceedingly strongly made,�� he said, ��I��ve got a carpenter to open it. I suppose he may begin?��

Re-entering the car, Burnley and his prisoner were driven to the same destination, where the latter was handed over to another official.

He decided he might as well make some inquiries before forwarding his report. It would be a simple matter to find out when the new machine was purchased, and, if the date was not suspicious, the matter could be dropped.

Some days later Mr. Clifford and Mr. Lucius Heppenstall, K.C.��who were close personal friends��dined together at the former��s residence, intending afterwards to have a long chat over the case. Mr. Heppenstall had returned from Denmark rather earlier than was expected, and had already studied the documents received from the prosecution, as well as Clifford��s notes of what he had learnt. The two men had together interviewed Felix and Bonchose and some other small inquiries had been made, the only point of importance discovered being that the late Miss Devine had crossed from Calais to Folkestone on the Sunday in question and had been alone on deck, both her maids having been helplessly ill. The meeting on this evening was to formulate a policy, to decide on the exact line which the defence should take.

When La Touche solved the problem of how Boirac had faked his alibi, his first impression was that his work was done. But, as had happened so often before, second thoughts showed him that this was hardly the case. Though he had established Boirac��s guilt to his own satisfaction, he doubted if he could prove it in court, and, indeed, the whole matter was still far from clear.

The woman shrugged her shoulders.

Burnley smiled.