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 "Would you mind telling me the impression she made on you—that is, as regards her possible connection with this crime? My curiosity is roused."

"I think she is now incapable of it," he said. "That she might not have been at one time, I am less certain; but if there was such a time, it has passed. Success had mollified resentment and increased the feeling of safety. Still, if she believed herself in danger, I do not think she would hesitate at any extreme. It would, however, take much to arouse a conviction of danger."

"I am inclined to think your judgment sound," she said. "What can you tell me of the man who now shares with her the knowledge of the facts in the case?"

"That he would not assert such knowledge unless he possessed every detail and was absolutely able to identify every person connected with the affair and verify every date and place. You may take his assertion that he knows, as absolute evidence of this. His only object in searching this matter out was the unravelling of the mystery of a crime. If he