But knowing my uncle knew her when she was a girl, I thought I would ask him what he thought.

He told me that he had once been engaged to Miss Loach, and--" "Well, go on," said Miles, seeing Cuthbert hesitating.
"There was another lady in the case." "There usually is," said Jennings dryly.

"Well ?" "The other lady's name was Saul--Emilia Saul." "Oh," Miles sat down again.

He had remained standing for a few moments.

"Saul was the name you mentioned in connection with the coining case of twenty years ago." Cuthbert nodded, and now, being fully convinced that he badly needed Jennings' aid, he told all that he had heard from Caranby, and detailed what his mother had said.