I want _complete_ information, and I
want it _quickly_."
"Yes, sir," answered Fuller.
"Follow up anything that promises results concerning Morris' father.
Especially find out if he ever knew Hume. Get every fact that can be
gathered about the latter. You, or rather Burgess, hinted in the
preliminary report that it was thought that he had at one time lived
abroad. If it is possible, establish that fact. In any event, go into
his history as deeply as you can."
"Very well," said Fuller, with the easy manner of a person accustomed
to carrying out difficult orders.
As the young man went out at one door, Stumph knocked upon another;
then Miss Edyth Vale, very pale, but entirely composed, was shown into
the room.
CHAPTER IX
MISS VALE TELLS WHAT SHE KNOWS
Ashton-Kirk arose, kicked aside the litter of newspapers, and placed a
chair for his visitor.
"Your man told me that I was expected," she said. "How did you know
that I would come this morning?"
"I knew that you'd be sure to read the newspapers," said he. "And I
was pretty confident as to the effect the _Star's_ account would
have."
She sat down quietly and for a few moments did not speak. A slight
trembling of the lower lip was the only indication of the strain under
which she was laboring.
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