The Director of the Police, who is a very shrewd man, seemed anxious to make your acquaintance before you began your investigation.

He asked me if you would call upon him, but seemed taken aback when I told him you were my wife's friend and a guest at our house, so he suggested that you would in all probability wish first to see the scene of the explosion, and proposed that he should call here with his carriage and accompany you to the Treasury.

He wished to know if four o'clock in the afternoon would suit your convenience!" "Oh, yes!" replied Jennie.

"I am eager to begin at once, and, of course, I shall be much obliged to him if he will act as my guide in the vaults of the Treasury, and tell me how much they have already discovered." "You must not expect much information from the police--in fact, I doubt if they have discovered anything.

Still, if they have, they are more than likely to keep it to themselves; and I imagine they will hold a pretty close watch on you, being more anxious to learn what you discover, and thus take the credit if they can, than to furnish you with any knowledge of the affair they may happen to possess." "That is quite natural, and only what one has a right to expect.