I was with Caranby before I went to Rexton, and knowing his room would be heated like a furnace, I took every precaution against cold." Juliet doubted this, as she knew Mallow did not coddle himself in any way.

However, she had seen the overcoat too often to mistake to whom it belonged.

Moreover, Cuthbert did not deny that he had jumped the wall in the way she explained.

"Well, now you know all, what will you do ?" she asked.
"I really can't say," said Mallow, who was trying to conceal his agitation.

"I can't think who took the knife out of my room.