have?”
“Yes, sir. I had scarcely left you when the solution of the affair presented itself to me. It was a remark of Mr. Filmer’s that gave me the idea.”
“Jeeves, you’re a marvel!”
“Thank you very much, sir.”
“What was the solution?”
“I conceived the notion of going to Mr. Filmer and saying that it was you who had stolen his boat, sir.”
The man flickered before me. I clutched a sock in a feverish grip.
“Saying—what?”
“At first Mr. Filmer was reluctant to credit my statement. But I pointed out to him that you had certainly known that he was on the island—a fact which he agreed was highly significant. I