These facts were so plainly in evidence that the girl was afraid to speak lest some chance word would form the connecting link between the detective's mind and the seemingly palpable facts.

At last she looked up, the colour coming and going in her cheeks, as Lord Donal had so accurately described it.
"I don't think I can be of any assistance to you in this crisis, Mr.
Taylor.

You have already done everything that human ingenuity can suggest." "Yes, I have--everything that _my_ human ingenuity can suggest.

But does nothing occur to you?
have you no theory to put forward ?" "None that would be of any practical advantage.

Is Lord Donal certain that it was not the Princess herself whom he met?
Are you thoroughly convinced that there was really an impersonation ?" "What do you mean, Miss Baxter ?" "Well, you met Prince von Steinheimer; what do you think of him ?" "I thought him an overbearing bully, if you ask me.