Theydon was so flurried that he did not realize the possibility of Evelyn Forbes being as quick to mask her real feelings as he himself was.
"Dad and I make a point of breakfasting together at nine o'clock every morning," she said.

"We were talking about you, and he told me of the dreadful thing that happened to Mrs.Lester.I was reading the account of the tragedy in a newspaper, when I happened to glance at him.

He was going through his letters, and I was just a trifle curious to know what was in a flat box which came by registered post.

He opened it carelessly and something fell out and rolled across the table.

I picked it up and saw that it was a small piece of ivory, carved with extraordinary skill to represent a skull.