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"Indeed?" said I I tried to sound sarcastic, but I was really too

astonished by her tone

"Yes--indeed!" she replied "That is what you will tell Inspector Bray

when next you see him 'It ht it over and I a lady," I said "I can not misrepresent the

facts in ayou to do a favor for a lady," she replied "I a you to do a favor for yourself If you refuse the consequences

an

She was silent for a h the veil

"Who was Archibald Enwright?" she denized

the weapon in her hands "The police," she went on, "do not yet know

that the letter of introduction you brought to the captain was signed by

a man who addressed Fraser-Freer as Dear Cousin, but who is completely

unknown to the family Once that infor arrest is slim

"They may not be able to fasten this crime upon you, but there will be

complications --and

then, too, before the case ends, there will be wide publicity--"