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36 his step. We haven't got anything on him yet, you understand, Mr. Titheredge, but he's been under suspicion in more than one shady transaction. Always travels around with men much younger than himself, doesn't he?"

The attorney's lips set in a stiff line.

"Mere boys with wealth, gilded youth, who want to see life, and he shows them a certain side of it while their money lasts."

The detective whistled softly.

"I thought as much," he said. "So that's how he gained an introduction into Mr. Lorne's household?"

"Yes. I'm giving you a lot of inside information, Sergeant, which perhaps in justice to my clients I should not disclose; but in a case like this where I cannot tell what may be of use to you I think it best to put you in possession of whatever facts I know concerning every member of the family."

"It is just saving time and trouble for me, Mr. Titheredge, for I would find out for myself anyway," Odell assured him. "Which of the boys was it who brought Drew to the house; Julian or Eugene?"

There was another pause longer than before and then the attorney replied slowly:

"It was Eugene."