Then you came." There was a long pause, and I ventured to take her hand for an instant.
Without a word more we opened the door, and joined the Superintendent in the hall.

He hurried up to us, saying as he came: "I have been examining everything myself, and have sent off a message to Scotland Yard.

You see, Mr.Ross, there seemed so much that was odd about the case that I thought we had better have the best man of the Criminal Investigation Department that we could get.

So I sent a note asking to have Sergeant Daw sent at once.

You remember him, sir, in that American poisoning case at Hoxton." "Oh yes," I said, "I remember him well; in that and other cases, for I have benefited several times by his skill and acumen.