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The detective, apparently, had so

"I seem to have plenty of help in this case!" he said with obvious sarcas to Beresford

The latter made no reply Dale rose anxiously fro

"Why have you sent for the gardener?" she inquired haltingly

Beresford deigned to answer at last

"I'll tell you that in aof his lips

There was a fateful pause, for an instant, while Dale roved nervously from one side of the room to the other Then Jack Bailey caer in the air His hands clenched at his sides, but except for that tiny betrayal of emotion, he still kept his servant's pose

"You sent for lowering Beresford

But Beresford would be ignored no longer He came between the has this man been in your employ?" he asked brusquely, manner tense

Miss Cornelia made one final attempt at evasion "Why should that interest you?" she parried, answering his question with an icy question of her own

It was too late Already Bailey had read the truth in Beresford's eyes

"I caainst hope that his cringing posture of the servitor ive Beresford pause for the moment

But the promptness of his answer only crystallized Beresford's suspicions

"Exactly," he said with terse finality He turned to the detective

"I've been trying to recall this rim triuhtened up He had lost his ga when it did, seeht it could be, but before they took hiht, Beresford," he said with a fatigue so deep that it colored his voice like flakes of iron-rust "I know you think you're doing your duty--but I wish to God you could have restrained your sense of duty for about three hourslawyer sneered, unconvinced

"No," said Bailey with quiet defiance "To let me finish what I cah?" Beresford's voice flicked hi because of its youthfulness He turned back to the detective soberly enough

"This man has imposed upon the credulity of these woe," he said with a trace of his for cashier"