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shouldn't have seen anybody getting into the Binver slip behind."

"Did Davenant by any chance see you off?"

"Yes, he did."

"What sort of journey did you have?"

"Oh, we crawled. You know what this line is when there's a fog on. I never can see why there should be any danger, but we stopped at nearly all the signals. And now you mention it, I remember we did stop just at that curve of the line, a little way before Paston Whitchurch."

"You didn't see anybody you knew getting out of the train at Binver?"

"No, I didn't notice anybody. But then, I had to go to the Parcels Office about something, so I didn't go out with the crowd. Oh, it's maddening to think I've been so little use."

"Never mind, I dare say it might have put us off on a false scent if you had seen anybody."

"Mr. Reeves, I think I ought to tell you one other thing, though I dare say you will think it is just my fancy. I have a sort of feeling that I am being watched."

"Being watched?"

"Yes. When I took the train to come over to you yesterday, it was rather empty, as these Saturday trains are, and I noticed one of my fellow-passengers, a man who was quite a stranger to me. The curious thing was that he came back from Oatvile by the same train too, and I'm nearly certain,