“ Bien! ” he said at length, with a curious look on his face. “The plot develops. Pass me, I pray you, that Peerage on the top shelf there.” He turned the leaves. “Ah, here we are! ‘Yardly⁠ ⁠… 10th viscount, served South African War’⁠ ⁠… tout ça n’a pas d’importance ⁠ ⁠… ‘mar. 1907 Hon. Maude Stopperton, fourth daughter of 3rd Baron Cotteril’⁠ ⁠… um, um, um,⁠ ⁠… ‘has iss. two daughters, born 1908 , 1910 .⁠ ⁠… Clubs⁠ ⁠… residences.’⁠ ⁠… Voilà , that does not tell us much. But tomorrow morning we see this milord!”

“What?”