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Lord
Southerton
!
One
of
the
richest
peers
in
England
!
I
could
not
believe
my
ears
.
And
then
suddenly
I
thought
of
the
time
which
had
elapsed
,
and
how
it
coincided
with
my
injuries
.
"
Then
Lord
Southerton
must
have
died
about
the
same
time
that
I
was
hurt
?
"
"
His
death
occurred
upon
that
very
day
.
"
Summers
looked
hard
at
me
as
I
spoke
,
and
I
am
convinced
—
for
he
was
a
very
shrewd
fellow
—
that
he
had
guessed
the
true
state
of
the
case
.
He
paused
for
a
moment
as
if
awaiting
a
confidence
from
me
,
but
I
could
not
see
what
was
to
be
gained
by
exposing
such
a
family
scandal
.
"
Yes
,
a
very
curious
coincidence
,
"
he
continued
,
with
the
same
knowing
look
.
"
Of
course
,
you
are
aware
that
your
cousin
Everard
King
was
the
next
heir
to
the
estates
.
Now
,
if
it
had
been
you
instead
of
him
who
had
been
torn
to
pieces
by
this
tiger
,
or
whatever
it
was
,
then
of
course
he
would
have
been
Lord
Southerton
at
the
present
moment
.
"
"
No
doubt
,
"
said
I
.
"
And
he
took
such
an
interest
in
it
,
"
said
Summers
.
"
I
happen
to
know
that
the
late
Lord
Southerton
’
s
valet
was
in
his
pay
,
and
that
he
used
to
have
telegrams
from
him
every
few
hours
to
tell
him
how
he
was
getting
on
.
That
would
be
about
the
time
when
you
were
down
there
.
Was
it
not
strange
that
he
should
wish
to
be
so
well
informed
,
since
he
knew
that
he
was
not
the
direct
heir
?
"
"
Very
strange
,
"
said
I
.
"
And
now
,
Summers
,
if
you
will
bring
me
my
bills
and
a
new
cheque
-
book
,
we
will
begin
to
get
things
into
order
.
"
The
confession
of
Herbert
de
Lernac
,
now
lying
under
sentence
of
death
at
Marseilles
,
has
thrown
a
light
upon
one
of
the
most
inexplicable
crimes
of
the
century
—
an
incident
which
is
,
I
believe
,
absolutely
unprecedented
in
the
criminal
annals
of
any
country
:
Although
there
is
a
reluctance
to
discuss
the
matter
in
official
circles
,
and
little
information
has
been
given
to
the
Press
,
there
are
still
indications
that
the
statement
of
this
arch
-
criminal
is
corroborated
by
the
facts
,
and
that
we
have
at
last
found
a
solution
for
a
most
astounding
business
.
As
the
matter
is
eight
years
old
,
and
as
its
importance
was
somewhat
obscured
by
a
political
crisis
which
was
engaging
the
public
attention
at
the
time
,
it
may
be
as
well
to
state
the
facts
as
far
as
we
have
been
able
to
ascertain
them
.
They
are
collated
from
the
Liverpool
papers
of
that
date
,
from
the
proceedings
at
the
inquest
upon
John
Slater
,
the
engine
-
driver
,
and
from
the
records
of
the
London
and
West
Coast
Railway
Company
,
which
have
been
courteously
put
at
my
disposal
.
Briefly
,
they
are
as
follows
:
On
the
3rd
of
June
,
1890
,
a
gentleman
,
who
gave
his
name
as
Monsieur
Louis
Caratal
,
desired
an
interview
with
Mr
.
James
Bland
,
the
superintendent
of
the
London
and
West
Coast
Central
Station
in
Liverpool
.
He
was
a
small
man
,
middle
-
aged
and
dark
,
with
a
stoop
which
was
so
marked
that
it
suggested
some
deformity
of
the
spine
.
He
was
accompanied
by
a
friend
,
a
man
of
imposing
physique
,
whose
deferential
manner
and
constant
attention
showed
that
his
position
was
one
of
dependence
.
This
friend
or
companion
,
whose
name
did
not
transpire
,
was
certainly
a
foreigner
,
and
probably
from
his
swarthy
complexion
,
either
a
Spaniard
or
a
South
American
.
One
peculiarity
was
observed
in
him
.
He
carried
in
his
left
hand
a
small
black
,
leather
dispatch
box
,
and
it
was
noticed
by
a
sharp
-
eyed
clerk
in
the
Central
office
that
this
box
was
fastened
to
his
wrist
by
a
strap
.
No
importance
was
attached
to
the
fact
at
the
time
,
but
subsequent
events
endowed
it
with
some
significance
.
Monsieur
Caratal
was
shown
up
to
Mr
.
Bland
’
s
office
,
while
his
companion
remained
outside
.
