"I met the first two separately and the other alone."
"And discussed with the two the papers which were in Wing's possession." While pursuing the matter in apparently the most commonplace way, Trafford did not fail to note the quick air of sudden interest on Matthewson's part which followed this reference to the mysterious papers. It was not a look that betokened fear, but rather eagerness, if the detective could read aright. He went on:
"Was it on the same matter you saw the third man?"
"Certainly," answered Matthewson, as if eager now to give the information he had before withheld. "There was only one thing that took me to Millbank, and that was the papers."
"Did you see him before or after you saw the others?"
"Before and after, both."
"Did they know you had seen him or were to see him?"
"No. Rightly or wrongly, I suspected cross-purposes between them and was after a second
