the servant of the murdered woman."

"I recognize my photograph, but the servant--"

"Susan Grant. The picture was found in her possession. She
refuses to speak," here the detective spoke lower, "in case
you get into trouble with the police."




CHAPTER VII

THE DETECTIVE


The two men looked at one another, Jennings searchingly, and
Cuthbert with a look of mingled amazement and indignation.
They were rather like in looks, both being tall, slim and
fair-haired. But Mallow wore a mustache, whereas the
detective, possibly for the sake of disguising himself on
occasions, was clean-shaven. But although Jennings'
profession was scarcely that of a gentleman, he looked
well-bred, and was dressed with the same quiet taste and
refinement as characterized Mallow. The public-school stamp
was on both, and they might have been a couple of young men
about town discussing sport rather than an officer of the law
and a man who (it seemed from Jennings' hints) was suspected
of complicity in a crime.