He went down himself to Larkin’s cabin to examine the note which the missing passenger had left. This had been typed on the little portable which Larkin kept on his cabin table and said simply—“I killed Gregory Willick and am killing myself.” Bidlake read this without comment. He realized that it was a pretty dubious document. The wording was too direct and simple and wholly uncharacteristic of the Larkin they knew. There was no signature and, of course, anyone could have typed it. He gave orders that the cabin should be locked until the police came on board and that neither the steward nor anyone else should touch anything in it. He noticed as he left Larkin’s cabin that the four other passengers were in the saloon and he asked them if they would kindly remain there for a short while until he could speak to them. He then sent for Dickie Bryce. “I want you to tell me exactly how it happened,” he said. “Well, sir, I was on the starboard wing of the bridge. I hadn’t moved for about half an hour.
