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176 Saturday, March 27. — Di.aner at M. Boirac's. Madame disappears. Sunday, March 28. — Felix believed to cross to London. Monday, March 29. — Felix writes to Dupierre, ordering statue. Tuesday, March 30. — Order received by Dupierre. Statue despatdied via Havre and Southampton. Wednesday, March 31.— Cask claimed at Waterloo, apparently by Felix. Thursday, April i. — Cask sent from Charing Cross. Cask met at Gare du Nord. Cask delivered at rue Cardinet goods station for despatch to London. Friday, April 2. — Felix receives Le Gautier's letter. Saturday, April 3. — Felix receives Le Gautier's card. Monday, April 5. — Felix meets cask at docks. Some other points he added below, which did not fall into the chronological scheme. . The typescript letter produced by Felix purport- ing to be irom Le Gautier about the lottery, the bet, and the test with the cask, and the t3mescript slip in the cask about the return of a £50 loan, were done by the same machine, on the same paper. . The letter from Felix to Dupierre, ordering the statue was written on the same paper as the above, pointing to a common ori^ for the three. Pleased with the progress he had made, Burnley left his seat under the tree and strolled back to his hotel in the rue Castiglione to write his daily report to Scotland Yard.