But they do not wish to talk about it to us." His face clouded.
"No, indeed," said he.

"Their loving old hearts have never recovered from the blow.

Would you like to know their history?
It is a sad story, and pitiful; but I am sure you would understand and appreciate my old friends better after hearing it." Their hearts fairly jumped with joy.

Would they like to hear the story?
Was it not this very clue which they had been blindly groping for to enable them to solve the mystery of the Wegg crime?
The boy marked their interest, and began his story at once, while the hearts of the three girls sang-gladly: "At last--at last!".