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added by way of explanation.
"
H'm," said the lawyer, favouring Julius with another keen glance. "And why was
that?"
"
I reckoned it would be no good worrying you with a petty little business like
this."
"I see." He paused a moment. "This petty little business, as you call it, bears
directly on a very big business, bigger perhaps than either you or Miss Tuppence
know. If this boy is alive, he may have very valuable information to give us.
Therefore, we must find him."
"Yes, but how?" cried Tuppence. "I've tried to think of everything."
Sir James smiled.
"And yet there's one person quite near at hand who in all probability knows
where he is, or at all events where he is likely to be."
"
"
"
"
Who is that?" asked Tuppence, puzzled.
Mrs. Vandemeyer."
Yes, but she'd never tell us."
Ah, that is where I come in. I think it quite likely that I shall be able to make
Mrs. Vandemeyer tell me what I want to know."
"
"
How?" demanded Tuppence, opening her eyes very wide.
Oh, just by asking her questions," replied Sir James easily. "That's the way we
do it, you know."
He tapped with his finger on the table, and Tuppence felt again the intense power
that radiated from the man.
"And if she won't tell?" asked Julius suddenly.
"I think she will. I have one or two powerful levers. Still, in that unlikely event,
there is always the possibility of bribery."
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