"Then do you believe that a double murder was committed ?" "I draw my conclusion from the fact that the young man, on being struck in the heart, could not have gone such a distance as that which separates the one mark from the other." "But he might have been slightly wounded--on the hand, or in the face--at first, and then at the spot where he was found struck fatally," I suggested.
She shook her head dubiously, but made no reply to my argument.

Her confidence in her own surmises made it quite apparent that by some unknown means she was aware of the second victim.

Indeed, a few moments later she said to me: "It is for this reason, Mr.Gregg, that I have sought you in confidence.
Nobody must know that I have come here to you, or they would suspect; and if suspicion fell upon me it would bring upon me a fate worse than death.

Remember, therefore, that my future is entirely in your hands." "I don't quite understand," I said, rising and standing before her in the fading twilight, while the rain drove upon the old diamond window panes.

"But I can only assure you that whatever confidence you repose in me, I shall never abuse, Miss Leithcourt." "I know, I know!" she said quickly.