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(2) By methods still more doubtful she accquired an extraordinary

ascendency over Mme Dauvray's mind

(3) If proof were needed how colance at Celia Harland's wardrobe would suffice; for she wore the

ed that Servettaz, the

chauffeur, should be absent at Chaht of the murder

(5) It was Celia Harland who bought the cord hich Mled and Helene Vauquier bound

(6) The footsteps outside the salon show that Celia Harland ran

from the salon to the motor-car

(7) Celia Harland pretended that there should be a seance on the

Tuesday, but she dressed as though she had in view an appointment

with a lover, instead of a spiritualistic stance

(8) Celia Harland has disappeared

These eight points are strongly suggestive of Celia Harland's

complicity in the murder But I have no clue which will enablequestions: (a) Who was the man who took part in the crime? (b) Who was the

wo of the murder with Mme

Dauvray and Celia Harland?

(c) What actually happened in the salon? Hoas the murder

committed?

(d) Is Helene Vauquier's story true?

(e) What did the torn-up scrap of writingin Celia Harland's hand) (f) Why has one cushion on the settee a small, fresh, brown stain,

which is probably blood? Why is the other cushion torn?