Mr. and Mrs. Jiro went to Japan.  With them they took the girl, Rose Dew, and the last heard of them was that the trio were running a boarding-house in Yeddo, where Mrs. Jiro advertised the excellence of the food she supplied, and Miss Dew sternly repressed any attempt on the part of the lodgers to obtain credit.

The last entry in Brett’s note-book, under the heading of the “Stowmarket Mystery,” is dated six months after the departure of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hume-Frazer for the Argentine.  It reads: 

“To-day is the anniversary of David Hume’s first visit to my chambers.  This morning I discovered in a corner, dusty and forlorn, Ooma’s walking-stick.  It reminded me of a snake that was hibernating, so I gave it to Smith, and told him to light the kitchen fire with it.  Then I telegraphed to old Sir David Hume-Frazer, saying that I gladly accepted his invitation for the 12th.  His son, it seems, cannot go North, as he does not wish to leave his wife during the next couple of months.  I suppose I shall be a godfather at an early date.”

THE END