Ten BUNDLE VISITS SCOTLAND YARD

Now it may be said at once that in the foregoing conversation each one ofthe three participants had, as it were, held something in reserve. That“Nobody tells everything” is a very true motto.
It may be questioned, for instance, if Loraine Wade¹ was perfectly² sin-cere in her account of the motives³ which had led her to seek out JimmyThesiger.
In the same way, Jimmy Thesiger himself had various ideas and plansconnected with the forthcoming party at George Lomax’s which he had nointention of revealing to—say, Bundle.
And Bundle herself had a fully-fledged plan which she proposed to putinto immediate⁴ execution and which she had said nothing whateverabout.
On leaving Jimmy Thesiger’s rooms, she drove to Scotland Yard, whereshe asked for Superintendent⁵ Battle.
Superintendent Battle was rather a big man. He worked almost entirelyon cases of a delicate political nature. On such a case he had come toChimneys four years ago, and Bundle was frankly⁶ trading on his remem-bering this fact.
After a short delay, she was taken along several corridors and into theSuperintendent’s private room. Battle was a stolid- looking man with awooden face. He looked supremely⁷ unintelligent and more like a commis-sionaire than a detective.
He was standing⁸ by the window when she entered, gazing in an expres-sionless manner at some sparrows.
“Good afternoon, Lady Eileen,” he said. “Sit down, won’t you?”
“Thank you,” said Bundle. “I was afraid you mightn’t remember me.”
“Always remember people,” said Battle. He added: “Got to in my job.”
“Oh!” said Bundle, rather damped.
“And what can I do for you?” inquired the Superintendent.

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