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It was Sir Watney who first discovered that there was something wrong.
He had been seated for an hour or more in the dining-room at Baron's Court, working out the problem to its last details and making up his mind what to do next. His first impulse was to call up Scotland Yard on the telephone, but he reflected that the telephone at Baron's Court was in a public place, and therefore it would be perhaps imprudent to discuss these startling details in the hearing of anyone. He would go over to the studio and see what he could do with the two men who were closeted there. Not that he expected much from this course, but he might see some signs of guilt on the part of these two scoundrels. And, besides, Gibson had no doubt in his mind that Dorn was as deep in the business as de Barsac. He hoped not for the sake of Sylvia and Markham, but whatever happened as far as these two were concerned, it seemed to Sir Watney that his duty lay plainly before him.