9/31 But she is no Spaniard." "Is she a Jewess by any chance ?" Caranby turned to look directly at his companion. "You ought to be able to tell that from her face," he said, "can you not see the seal of Jacob impressed there--that strange look which stamps a Hebrew ?" "No," confessed Jennings, "that is, I can see it now, but I came here for many a long day before I did guess she was a Jewess. And then it was only because I learned the truth." "How did you learn it ?" The detective related details of his visit to Monsieur Le Beau and the discovery that Maraquito Gredos was one and the same as Celestine Durand. "Yes, that is all right," he said, "but her name is Bathsheba Saul." "What ?" said Jennings, so loud that several people turned to look. |