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at her. He was trying to co-relate in his mind Vanner's hitting the high spots for five days, stealing the money, burning the Needham letter, and at the same time bothering to get somebody to cover the International & General investigations. He thought it didn't add up.
He said: "I'm going to get my hair cut. You find out for me just where the Sable Inn is, will you? I believe it's in Devonshire. Let me know the mileage and the best road."
" Very well, Mr. O'Day. . . ."
O'Day stopped at the door. He said: "If Vanner got somebody to check on these Assessor's reports for him I wonder who he'd use. Have you any idea, Nellie?"
She considered for a moment, then: "I know he's used Martin of the Trans-Ocean Company before, and another man from Digby's, but from the look of those reports"-she smiled-"the English wasn't too goodI'd say he got Windemere Nikolls of Callaghan Investigations to do them for him."
" That could be. Get on to Nikolls and find out if he did the job for Vanner. If he says yes, say I'll 'phone him to-morrow and make an appointment. I'd like to talk to him."
" Very well, Mr. O'Day. I'll get through at once."
O'Day walked round to the barbers. Whilst they were cutting his hair he made up his mind what he was going to do.
When he got back to the office at twelve o'clock, Miss Trundle said: "The Sable Inn is a two star A.A. inn. It's just off the main road between Tomes and Dartford-quite easy to find because the A.A. say if