Chapter 16
WITH the photograph in his pocket, Jim hurried to the Central Registry to make a search. He had not gone far before he found the entry. It was the record of a marriage between Rex and a girl who was described as "May Liddiart." Her address was given as the Grand Central Hotel, and the marriage had been celebrated at the Chelsea Registrar's Office.
He jotted down particulars of this amazing wedding and drove to Chelsea. And here he encountered his first set-back. The couple had been married by an acting registrar, whilst the chief was on his holiday, and the acting registrar was at that moment dangerously ill in hospital. A clerk, however, remembered the wedding, and described Rex faithfully.
"What was the lady like?" asked Jimmy.
The clerk shook his head.
"I couldn't tell y
