Multenius met his
death on the afternoon of the 18th. Parslett was poisoned on the night of
the 19th. Um!"
"And Parslett was picked up about half-way between the Chink's house and
his own place, Mr. Ayscough--don't you forget that!" muttered Melky. "I'm
not forgetting--don't you make no error!"
"You don't know anything more that you could tell us about these two?"
asked the detective, nodding reassuringly at Melky and then turning to the
house-surgeon. "Any little thing?--you never know what helps."
"I can't!" said the house-surgeon, who was obviously greatly surprised by
what he had seen and heard. "These Easterns keep very much to themselves,
you know. I can't think of anything."
"Don't know anything of their associates--friends--acquaintances?"
suggested Ayscough. "I suppose they had some--amongst your students?"
"I never saw them in company with anybody--particularly--except a young
Japanese who was in some of their classes," replied the house-surgeon. "I
have seen them talking with him--in Gower Street."
"What's his name?" asked Ayscough, pulling out a note-book.
"Mr. Mori Yada," answered the house-surgeon promptly.
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