e yesterday, and of what I've learned since
then--it will make things clear to you."

Standing there, where the beauty of the fresh morning and the charm of
sky and sea made a striking contrast to the horror of our immediate
surroundings, I told him, as concisely as I could, of how Miss Raven
and myself had fallen into the hands of Netherfield Baxter and the
Frenchman, of what had happened to me on board, and, at somewhat
greater length, of Baxter's story of his own career as it related to
his share in the theft of the monastic treasure from the bank at
Blyth, his connection with the _Elizabeth Robinson_ and his knowledge
of the brothers Quick. Nor did I forget Baxter's theory about the
rubies--and at that Scarterfield obviously pricked his ears.

"Now there's something in that," he said, with a regretful glance at
the place where Baxter's dead body lay under its sheet. "I wish that
fellow had been alive, to tell more! For he's right about those
rubies--quite right. The Quicks had 'em--two of 'em."

"You know that?" I exclaimed.

"I'll tell you," he answered. "After we parted, I was very busy,
investigating matters still further in Devonport and in London.
And--through the newspapers, of course--I got in touch with a man who
told me a lot. He came to headquarters in London, asking for me--wouldn't
tell any of our people there anything--it was a day or two before I got at
close quarters with him, for when he called I was away at the time. He
left an address, in Hatton Garden--a Mr. Isidore Baubenheimer, dealer, as
you may conclude, in precious stones. Well, I drove off at once to see
him. He told me a queer tale. He said that he'd only just come back from
Amsterdam and Paris, or he'd have been in communication with me earlier.
While he'd been away, he said, he'd read the English newspapers and seen a
good deal about the two murders at Saltash and Ravensdene Court, and he
believed that he could throw some light on them, for he felt sure that
either Noah Quick or Salter Quick was identical with a man with whom he
had not so long ago talked over the question of the value of certain
stones which the man possessed. But I'll show you Baubenheimer's own
words--I got him to make a clear statement of the whole thing and had it
taken down in black and white, and I have a typed copy of it in my
pocket-book--glance it over for yourself."

He produced a sheet of paper, folded and endorsed and handed it to
me--it ran thus:

My