Chapter 71

           Itbegan,oneMonday,withaverylongshot,theassumptionthatConchishadlivedinSt.John’sWoodasaboyandthattherehadindeedbeenanoriginalLilyMontgomery.IwenttoMaryleboneCentralLibraryandaskedtolookatthestreetdirectoriesfor1912to1914.OfcoursethenameConchiswouldnotappear;IlookedforMontgomery.AcaciaRoad,PrinceAlbertRoad,HenstridgePlace,Queen’sGrove…withanAtoZofLondonbymysideIworkedthroughallthelikelystreetsontheeastofWellingtonRoad.Suddenly,withashockofexcitement,myeyesjumpedapage.Montgomery,Fredk,20AllitsenRoad.Theneighbors’namesweregivenasSmithandManningham,althoughby1914thelatterhadmovedandthenameHucksteppappeared.Iwrotedowntheaddress,andthenwentonsearching.Almostatonce,ontheothersideofthemainartery,IcameacrossanotherMontgomery;thistimeinElmTreeRoad.ButInosoonercaughtsightofitthanIwasdisappointed,becausethefullnamewasgivenasSirCharlesPennMontgomery;aneminentsurgeon,bythelookofthetrailofinitialsafterhisname;andobviouslynotthemanConchisdescribed.Theneighbors’namestherewereHamiltonDukesandCharlesworth.TherewasanothertitleamongtheElmTreeRoadresidents;a"desirable"address.Isearchedon,double-checkingeverything,butwithoutfindinganyotherMontgomery.IthenfollowedupinlaterdirectoriesthetwoIhadfound.TheAllitsenRoadMontgomerydisappearedin1920.

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