The two posters that John saw ran as follows: one “ A Civil Servant’s Name ,” and the other “ Our Rotten Detectives .” At the station he saw another one specially issued to the West London paper stalls⁠—“ Mystery of Hammerton Chase .” And at Charing Cross there was yet another⁠—“ Who ought to be Hanged? ”

John had no doubt of what he would find in the paper. He had wondered often at the long quiescence of the Gaunt family. Clearly they had taken their tale to the editor of I Say , and had probably been suitably compensated for their trouble and expense in bringing to the notice of the people’s champion a shameful case of oppression and wrong.