you to guess what name he had opened it under."

"Not Myatt?" I said. "After the chase----"

"No, not Myatt."

"Catherton Hunt?"

"No, nor Catherton Hunt. He had opened it in the name of Mayes!"

"What! his actual name?"

"His actual original name, according to Peytral. The account was
transferred, it would seem, from another bank; and I have an idea we may
find that he has been shifting his money about from one bank to another
as safety suggested, using his real name with it. You remember we could
find no trace of a banking account when the police raided and ransacked
Calton Lodge after Mason was killed? Quite probably he has had small
current accounts in other names at various times to aid in his schemes,
but his main account has always stood in his real name; and by that, you
see, we get some confirmation of Peytral's story. Well, as I say, the
account was opened in the name of Mayes, and the cheque-book was issued
which we discovered last night. The Upper Holloway branch saw no more of
its customer till yesterday evening, long after hours, when he drove up
in a hansom."

"Oh," I said, "in a hansom, was it? The men left behind could get no
news of him."

"Yes, we ascertained that last night; we called back, of course, the
last thing. I expect he got the first cab visible and drove off to a
hatter's a fair distance away, and then on to the bank. At any rate, he
knocked up the manager and told him that he had a sudden need for money
that very night; could he have some?

"The manager told him it would be impossible. Even if he had been
willing to do it, against all regulations, it would still be impossible.
For the strong-room and every cash receptacle in it was locked with two
separate locks with different keys, and though he had one of these keys
himself, it was useless without the other, which was in the possession
of his second in command, who lived some distance out of London. This
course is the usual precaution adopted in branch banks of this sort;
opening and closing, morning and evening, have to be done by chief and
assistant together. And I tell you, Brett, I believe that it was only
the being informed of this fact that prevented Mayes from trying some of
his hypnotic tricks on the bank manager; in which case there would have
been a big bank robbery--perhaps something worse in addition."

"Murder?"

"Murder with a tourniquet, perhaps--perhaps with some other weapon; but,
at any rate, probably with