CHAPTER XVII

THERE WAS a knock on the front door below—the reserves had arrived, and he went downstairs to admit a uniformed inspector. Outside he saw five police cars parked close together along the curb; the street was alive with policemen in uniform and plain-clothes men. “Have you seen anybody?” “No, sir, we have only just arrived.” Dick made a quick search of the house and found that the kitchen door to the area was wide open. A cabman who had been drawn up by the side of the gardens nearly opposite had seen a man run out …