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"Ah!" said Ricardo, in a significant exclamation Wethermill did

not stir He sat still as a stone, with a face deadly white and

eyes burning upon Hanaud's face

"But wait," said Hanaud, holding up a warning hand to Ricardo

"Servettaz was in Chambery, where his parents live He travelled

to Chambery by the two o'clock train yesterday He ith them

in the afternoon He ith the the maid, Helene Vauquier, was able

to speak a feords in answer to a question She said Servettaz

was in Chae was

sent to the police in that town, and Servettaz was found in bed I

do not say that it is impossible that Servettaz was concerned in

the crime That we shall see But it is quite clear, I think, that

it was not he who opened the house to the , and the ht Moreover--it is a se in a corner of the garden Then

besides the chauffeur there was a charwo at seven and left in the evening at seven or

eight Sometimes she would stay later if the maid was alone in the

house, for the ht before

nine--there is evidence of that--and the murder did not take place

until afterwards That is also a fact, not a conjecture We can

leave the charwoman, who for the rest has the best of characters,