'I shall have this matter probed to the bottom.' "'You shall learn nothing from me,' said he with a passion such as I should not have thought was in his nature.

'If you choose to call the police, let the police find what they can.' "By this time the whole house was astir, for I had raised my voice in my anger.

Mary was the first to rush into my room, and, at the sight of the coronet and of Arthur's face, she read the whole story and, with a scream, fell down senseless on the ground.

I sent the house-maid for the police and put the investigation into their hands at once.

When the inspector and a constable entered the house, Arthur, who had stood sullenly with his arms folded, asked me whether it was my intention to charge him with theft.