"Mr. Penniket!" he said, glancing around him as if to invite approval of
what he was about to say. "You're a lawyer, mister!--you can put things in
order and present 'em as if they was in a catalogue! Take the whole
business to New Scotland Yard, sir!--let the big men at headquarters have
a go at it. That's what I say! There's some queer mystery at the bottom of
all this, Mr. Penniket, and it ain't a one-man job. Go to the Yard,
mister--let 'em try their brains on it!"
Zillah made a murmured remark which seemed to second her cousin's
proposal, and Mr. Penniket turned to Purdie.
"I understand you to be a business man," he remarked. "What do you say?"
"As far as I can put things together," answered Purdie, "I fully agree
that there is some extraordinary mystery round and about Mr. Multenius's
death. And as the detective force at New Scotland Yard exists for the
solution of such problems--why, I should certainly tell the authorities
there everything that is known. Why not?"
"Very good," said Mr. Penniket. "Then it will be well if you two come with
me. The more information we can give to the heads of the Criminal
Investigation Department, the better.
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