He had
ordered champagne and sandwiches, and was consuming them, at the same
time opening a series of yellow envelopes which lay on a table. These
latter were reports from his detective corps, which had accumulated
during the day.
'Get a sheet of plain paper,' he said to Simon, 'and write this letter.
Are you ready? Yes, it will do in pencil; I even prefer it in pencil.
'"DEAR SIR,
'"I have reason to think that you may be interested in some
extraordinary information which I have in my possession concerning
Camilla Tudor, who is supposed to have been buried at Brompton
Cemetery in July last year. If I am right, perhaps you will
accompany the bearer to my rooms. At present I will not disclose my
name.
'"Yours, etc."
'Put any initials you like. Address it to Louis Ravengar, Esquire. Now
listen to me. Go down to the auto garage, and choose a good man to take
the note instantly; a second man must go with him. If they bring back
Ravengar, he is to be taken to No. 6, Blair Street, shown upstairs, and
brought along the bridge-passage into the building. It will be quite
dark, and he will never guess. If necessary, he must be brought to me by
force, once he is inside. Have two or three porters in attendance to see
to that.
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