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The question had rung in Dale's ears ever since she had co's body stark on the floor of the alcove

"I don't know," she said "We were very cautious"

"You don't knohere this room is?"

"No, I never saw the print Upstairs so to do, if we can get that paper from the Doctor, is to locate the roonize the direction where her thoughts were tending It seeht to the er

"What does the ot to save her!" and his eyes went to Dale

Miss Cornelia gave him an ineffable look of weary patience

"The reat deal," she said, sensibly "So After all," she went on with a tinge of irony, "the course of reasoning that you followed, Mr Bailey, is not necessarily unique"

She rose

"So robbed his own bank," she said thoughtfully Her eye fell on the Doctor's professional bag--she seee sort of ani," she ended, with a stare at Bailey, "and you have found the ht suspect me!" said the latter a trifle touchily

Miss Cornelia did not give an inch

"I have," she said Dale shot a swift, sylance at her lover, another less synant at her aunt Miss Cornelia smiled

"However, I now suspect somebody else," she said They waited for her to reveal the name of the suspect but she kept her own counsel By now she had entirely given up confidence if not in the probity at least in the intelligence of all persons,the bell for Billy But Dale was still worrying over the possible effects of the confidence she had given Doctor Wells

"Then you think the Doctor ive this paper to Mr Anderson?" she asked

"He may or he may not It is entirely possible that he may elect to search for this rooone upstairs!"

She -room, but so far apparently all was safe The Doctor was at the tablea cup of coffee and Billy was in close attendance That the Doctor already had the paper she was certain; it was the use he intended to make of it that was her concern