Had it not been for your daughter's remarkably attractive appearance I should not, in all likelihood, have given a second glance at my neighbors on the steps of the theater.

But I cannot forget that I did see both her and you--indeed, Miss Forbes herself recalled the incident--and the close questioning of the Scotland Yard men who were here last night showed me the folly of imagining that I could deny all knowledge of you.

I recognize now that some impish contriving of circumstances forced this knowledge upon me.

The sudden downpour of rain, and the fact that I was delayed by a slight accident to my cab, conspired with the apparently simple chance which led me to overhear the conversation between Miss Forbes and yourself.

I tried hard to baffle the detectives--" "Again I ask 'Why ?'" Theydon was rapidly being wound up to a pitch of excited resentment.
"Why ?" he cried.