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It might have been nothing more than a coincidence, but it was certainly strange that in the steel-lined suit-case Cheriton should have come across a newspaper containing the photographs of the two men who had been dining at the Clarendon on the night when he had been there with Evelyn, and whom she declared were talking about her. Cheriton had taken particular notice of them at the time, so that the photographs in the newspaper he had found in Nance Carey's suitcase left no doubt in his mind that these were the identical individuals who, apparently in prosperous circumstances, were doing themselves so well in one of London's premier restaurants. Whether or not they had anything to do with the loss of Miss Carey's diamonds, Cheriton was not concerned to know for the moment, but it was certainly a significant discovery.
He was still turning this over in his mind when Nance Carey came back from her stroll in Hyde Park.