As it was, several things had escaped him during that brief talk on the sunlit road.
On her part, Doris Martin was now in full control of her emotions, and she undoubtedly took a saner view of a difficult situation.
"Robinson is a vain man," she said thoughtfully.

"He will not let go the chance of notoriety given him by the murder of a well-known actress.

Was she really murdered?
Robinson said so when I met him on the bridge." "I'm afraid he is justified in that belief, at any rate." "Well, Mr.Grant, what have we to conceal?
I was in your garden at a rather late hour, I admit, but one cannot watch the stars by day, and a big telescope with its tripod is not easily carried about.

Of course, father will be vexed, because, as it happens, I did not tell him I was coming out.

But that cannot be helped.