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"No I have heard nothing"

"And," he said, "I suppose if you did hear, you would not tell me?"

"That is my own affair, Mr Shrimpton," she replied resentfully "If you desire to arrest Mr Henfrey it is your own affair Why do you ask me to assist you?"

"In the interests of justice," was the inspector's reply

"Well," said the girl, very promptly, "I tell you at once that I refuse to assist you in your endeavour to arrest Mr Henfrey Whether he is guilty or not guilty I have not yet decided"

"But he uilty There was the motive He shot the woman who had enticed his father to his death"

"And how have you ascertained that?"

"By logical deduction"

"Then you are trying to convict Mr Henfrey upon circuallows on circumstantial evidence--Crippen, for instance There was no actual witness of his criations, Mr Shrimpton," she said coldly

"But your lover has deceived you He was staying down in Surrey with the girl, Miss Lauest"

"I know that," was Dorise's reply "But I have since come to the conclusion that my surmise--my jealousy if you like to call it so--is unfounded"

"Ah! then you refuse to assist justice?"