 After the discovery of the broken basin in the playhouse dressing room,   there is a lengthy sequence showing Sir John paying the stagehand who   granted him entrance and leaving with the Markhams.  The scene fades to the   end of the day, with the weary trio stopping at the door of "the policemans   rooming house", where Sir John had planned to stay the night.  Noticing the   shabby neighborhood, he starts to change his mind and retire to his luxury   hotel suite, but Ted Markham reminds him of his hope to discover further   clues at the rooming house.  Fade in to Sir John in bed the next morning,   being awakened by the sound of crying children.  The landlady (Una OConnor,   billed in the USA credits although all her scenes are cut) enters and   regales Sir John with her troubles.  Meanwhile, her children play on and   around the bed and give him a kitten, which crawls under his covers.  The   landlady confirms that the suspected killer had access to a police uniform.    Enter Ted Markham, whose ensuing dialogue with Sir John reinforces the   importance of the "second" policeman and establishes the existence of the   blood