This was Fix, one of the detectives who had been dispatched from England in search of the bank robber; it was his task to narrowly watch every passenger who arrived at Suez, and to follow up all who seemed to be suspicious characters, or bore a resemblance to the description of the criminal, which he had received two days before from the police headquarters at London.
In dat geval moest hij diens spoor volgen, totdat hij in het bezit zou wezen van eene volmacht om hem te arresteeren. Juist twee dagen geleden had Fix van den directeur der londensche politie het signalement ontvangen van den vermoedelijken dief.