He came up with me, and is coming on here in a few moments.

This is why he did not turn up this afternoon." Juliet nodded and appeared satisfied with this explanation.

But she kept her eyes on her brother when he entered into details about the crime.

Her emotions during the recital betrayed themselves markedly.
"I saw the detective," said Basil, with quicker speech than usual.

"He is a first-rate chap called Jennings, and when he heard I was Miss Loach's nephew he didn't mind speaking freely." "What did you learn ?" asked Mr.Octagon.
"Enough to make the mystery surrounding the death deeper than ever." "What do you mean ?" asked his sister, restlessly.