It is a woman--of that I am certain.

Find her, and we shall then be able to bring the crime home to the assassin." "But my search may bring suspicion upon me," I remarked.

"It will be difficult to examine the whole wood without arousing the curiosity of somebody--the keeper or the police." "I have already thought of that," she said.

"I will pretend to-morrow to lose this watch-bracelet in the wood," and she held up her slim wrist to show me the little enameled watch set in her bracelet.

"Then you and I will search for it diligently, and the police will never suspect the real reason of our investigation.