midday
He had a motor bicycle , and I sent him off next morning for the daily paper , which usually arrived with the post in the late afternoon . I told him to keep his eyes skinned , and make note of any strange figures he saw , keeping a special sharp look-out for motors and aeroplanes . Then I sat down in real earnest to Scudder 's note-book . He came back at midday with the _ Scotsman _ . There was nothing in it , except some further evidence of Paddock and the milkman , and a repetition of yesterday 's statement that the murderer had gone North . But there was a long article , reprinted from the _ Times _ , about Karolides and the state of affairs in the Balkans , though there was no mention of any visit to England . I got rid of the innkeeper for the afternoon , for I was getting very warm in my search for the cypher .