The Americans are making for the ports; the robberies follow them. From Tavistock Mr. Manling would probably make for Plymouth, for the travellers gathered here waiting for the ships for the States."
"But the police can only suppose this, Mr. Dunneston?" the American inquired. "They have no direct indication at all of this—Mr. Manling?"
"Precisely, Mr. Preston. Still, I believe that the special officer whom I passed in the hall a moment ago, Mr. Preston," the Englishman confided, "has already picked out his man from the circumstantial evidence of the continued coincidences against him. However, as the officer must appreciate that he can prove nothing directly if he arrests him now, I think he must be merely watching his man, hoping he will chance a last and bolder haul by which the police can catch him before he sails."
"In other words, you believe, Mr. Dunneston," the young American returned, impatient with the other's indirectness, "that he is here
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