It is manifestly not meant to be removed lightly; and it would need more than an ordinary file to do it." The Superintendent bent his great body; but not getting close enough that way knelt down by the sofa as the Doctor had done.

He examined the bangle minutely, turning it slowly round so that no particle of it escaped observation.

Then he stood up and handed the magnifying-glass to me.

"When you have examined it yourself," he said, "let the lady look at it if she will," and he commenced to write at length in his notebook.
I made a simple alteration in his suggestion.

I held out the glass toward Miss Trelawny, saying: "Had you not better examine it first ?" She drew back, slightly raising her hand in disclaimer, as she said impulsively: "Oh no! Father would doubtless have shown it to me had he wished me to see it.