CHAPTER XI

A PAINFUL INTERVIEW (_Friday, November 12; 11 a. m._) Markham glanced impatiently at his watch. “It’s getting late,” he complained, “and I have an important appointment at noon. I think I’ll have a go at Rex Greene, and then leave matters in your hands for the time being, Sergeant. There’s nothing much to be done here now, and your routine work must be gone through with.” Heath got up gloomily. “Yes; and one of the first things to be done is to go over this house with a fine-tooth comb for that r…