Query--something about himself? Say "5" (inches) "along"--he
doesn't wear a wig. Say "5" (feet) "along"--it can't be coat,
waistcoat, trousers, or underclothing. Say "5" (yards)
"along"--it can't be anything about himself, unless he wears
round his body the rope that he's sure to be hanged with one of
these days. Then it is _not_ something about himself. What do I
know of that is important to him besides? I know of nothing but
the Letter. Can the memorandum be connected with that? Say, yes.
What do "5 along" and "4 across" mean, then? The measurement of
something he carries about with him? or the measurement of
something in his room? I could get pretty satisfactorily to
myself as far as that; but I could get no further.
Tom came back to the office, and reported him mounted for his
ride. His friend had never appeared. I sent the boy off, with his
proper instructions, on Sam's back--wrote an encouraging letter
to Mr. Frank to keep him quiet--then slipped into the inn by the
back way a little before half-past ten. The head chambermaid gave
me a signal when the landing was clear. I got into his room
without a soul but her seeing me, and locked the door
immediately.
The case was, to a certain extent, simplified now. Either Mr.
Davager had ridden out with the letter about him, or he had left
it in some safe hiding-place in his room. I suspected it to be in
his room, for a reason that will a little astonish you--his
trunk, his dressing-case, and all the drawers and cupboards, were
left open.
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