The three men Shade had knocked down were merely ordinary members of the Black Hand Gang and did not know much. Under the threat of force, they quickly revealed what little intelligence they had: the Black Hand Gang still refused to give up and believed the three missing cards might still be in this house, so they had sent them to search it again.
Shade was not interested in them, so he told them to stay where they were. He searched the house himself and easily found a business card for "Harry Gilott" in a card case at the corner of the desk. He memorized the information on it, returned it to its original place, and then left with Little Mia.
Mr. Harry Gilott was a local merchant in the tobacco business. His shop was in the Dock Area according to the card, presumably making money specifically from sailors.
But when Shade followed the address to the shop, he found that it was being renovated. After asking around, he learned that Mr. Gilott had sold the tobacco shop to someone else several weeks ago. No one knew where Mr. Gilott had gone, and the owner of the tobacco shop had not even said goodbye to the neighboring shops.
"Could he have left town with that card after getting it?"
Though the shop looked fairly large, if Mr. Gilott had truly spent 250 Pounds to buy Rhodes Cards, it must have been no small expense.
Shade was quite puzzled, but he still had to find the man first. Fortunately, he had other sources of information, so he went to Princess Trading Partner in the Dock Area and asked Lady Anne Bonnie, who knew the area well, to help him find the man.
Such a trivial matter was naturally no problem. At