Her startled look told plainly that though she might have
suspected something of the sort she did not think that any one
else suspected, much less actually perhaps knew it.

"I can't imagine who it could be, unless it might be one of the
servants," she murmured hastily; adding, "and there is none of
them that I have any right to suspect."

She had in a measure regained her composure, and Kennedy felt that
it was no use to pursue the conversation further, perhaps expose
his hand before he was ready to play it.

"That woman is concealing something," remarked Kennedy to me as we
left the house a few minutes later.

"She at least bears no marks of violence herself of any kind," I
commented.

"No," agreed Craig, "no, you are right so far." He added: "I shall
be very busy in the laboratory this afternoon, and probably
longer. However, drop in at dinner time, and in the meantime,
don't say a word to any one, but just use your position on the
Star to keep in touch with anything the police authorities may be
doing."

It was not a difficult commission, since they did nothing but
issue a statement, the net import of which was to let the public
know that they were very active, although they had nothing to
report.