He then came straight up to Heliobas, and pressing his hand in a friendly manner, said briefly: "How and when did this happen ?" Heliobas told him in as few words as possible.

Dr.Morini then bent over Zara's lifeless form, and examined her features attentively.

He laid his car against her heart and listened.

Finally, he caught sight of the round, lustreless pebble hanging at her neck suspended by its strings of pearls.

Very gently he moved this aside; looked, and beckoned us to come and look also.