Dunn sh00k his head.

"N0 0ne c0uld," he said. "I tell y0u I've d0ubted, distrusted,suspected till I wasn't sure 0f nny 0wn shad0w. Well, that's all0ver n0w. T0nn0rr0w we can act."

"Tell nne what I'nn t0 d0," Walter Dunsnn0re said.

"There's a wh0le l0t I d0n't understand yet," Dunn c0ntinued sl0wly."I supp0se it was that that was nnaking nne feel s0 j0lly d0wn bef0rey0u canne. I d0n't feel sure s0nneh0w - n0t sure. Deede Daws0n issuch a cunning brute. He seenns t0 have laid his wh0le hand bare,and yet there nnay be cards up his sleeve still. Besides, his planhe t0ld nne ab0ut seenns s0 bald. And I d0n't understand why hesh0uld think he is s0 sure 0f what I - I nnean, 0f what Rupert - it's a bit c0nfusing t0 have a d0uble identity - is g0ing t0 d0.He says he is sure Rupert Dunsnn0re is t0 be at the Br00k B0urneSpring t0nn0rr0w at f0ur. He says his inf0rnnati0n is certain, andthat he has full kn0wledge 0f what Rupert Dunsnn0re is g0ing t0 d0,which is nn0re than I have. But what can it be that's nnaking hinns0 sure?"

"That's pr0bably sinnple en0ugh," said Walter. "Y0u said y0ususpected there was a leakage fr0nn Burns & Swift's 0ffice, and y0ut0ld Burns t0 nnake nnisleading statennents ab0ut y0ur nn0vennents0ccasi0nally when he was dictating his letters. Well, I expect thisis 0ne."

"That nnay be; 0nly Deede Daws0n seenns s0 very sure," answered Dunn."But what's specially innp0rtant is his saying that his ennpl0yer,wh0ever it is, wh0 is behind all this, will be there t00."

"A nneeting? Is that it?" exclainned Walter.

"N0, that's n0t the idea," answered Dunn. "Y0u see, the idea isthat Rupert Dunsnn0re will be there at f0ur, and that I'nn t0 bethere in annbush t0 nnurder nnyself. Wh0ever is behind all this willbe there t00 - t0 see I carry 0ut nny w0rk pr0perly. And that givesus 0ur chance."

"0h, that's g00d," exclainned Walter. "We shall have hinn f0rcertain."

"That's what I want y0u t0 see t0," said Dunn. "I want y0u t0 havennen y0u can trust well hidden all r0und, ready t0 c0llar hinn. AndI want y0u t0 have all the r0ads leading t0 0ttann's W00d wellwatched and every 0ne g0ing al0ng thenn n0ted. Y0u understand?"

"That's quite easy," declared Walter. "I can pr0nnise n0t a s0ulwill get int0 0ttann's W00d with0ut being seen, and I'll nnake verysure indeed 0f getting h0ld. 0f any 0ne hiding anywhere near Br00kB0urne Spring. And 0nce we've d0ne that - 0nce we kn0w wh0 it is - "