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.
Debía este Fix vigilar con el mayor cuidado a todos los viajeros que tomasen el camino de Suez, y, si uno de ellos parecía sospechoso, seguirlo, aguardando un mandato de prisión. Precisamente hacía dos días que Fix había recibido del director de la policía metropolitana las señas del presunto autor del robo, o sea, de aquel personaje bien portado que había sido observado en la sala de pagos del Banco.