"That is now what remains to be
discovered."
CHAPTER XVIII
THE LOST BROOCH
The police authorities with Henshaw and Morriston went off with the rope
to experiment in the room of the tragedy.
"I don't suppose we are wanted," Kelson said quietly to Gifford; "let's
go for a turn round the garden. I wonder where Muriel has got to."
They found Miss Tredworth on the lawn. "I am waiting for Edith," she
said.
"We'll stroll on and Gifford can bring Miss Morriston after us," Kelson
suggested, and the lovers moved away, leaving Gifford, much to his
satisfaction, waiting for Edith Morriston.
In a few minutes she made her appearance. Gifford mentioned the
arrangement and they strolled off by the path the others had taken.
It seemed to Gifford that his companion's manner was rather abnormal;
unlike her usual cold reserve there were signs of a certain suppressed
excitement.
"I hope," she said, "that Major Freeman and his people are satisfied with
our discovery that the marks on Muriel's dress and mine came there by
accident."
"Evidently quite convinced," Gifford answered.
"That's well," she responded with a rather forced laugh.
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