Purdie, that his butler told you of that incident--well,
that bottle contains chloroform--I took a chemist there to examine it and
some other things. That's item one. The other's a bit of information
volunteered by Levendale's chauffeur. The morning after Mr. Multenius's
death, and after you, Mr. Lauriston, Mr. Rubinstein, and myself called on
Levendale, Levendale went off to the City in his car. He ordered the
chauffeur to go through Hyde Park, by the Victoria Gate, and to stop by
the Powder Magazine. At the Powder Magazine he got out of the car and
walked down towards the bridge on the Serpentine. The chauffeur had him in
view all the way, and saw him join a tall man, clean-shaven, much browned,
who was evidently waiting for him. They remained in conversation, at the
entrance to the bridge, some five minutes or so--then the stranger went
across the bridge in the direction of Kensington, and Levendale returned
to his car. Now, in my opinion, that strange man was this Purvis we've
heard of. And that seems to have been the last time any one we've come
across saw him. That night, after his visit to his house, and his taking
the phial of chloroform away with him, Levendale utterly disappeared, too
--and yet sent a wire to his butler, from close by, next morning, saying
he would be away for a few days! Why didn't he call with that message
himself!"
Mr.
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