She was very pale, and there were dark lines under her eyes.

Stephen Weiss rose at once, and Littleson hastened to offer her a chair, but she took no notice.

They could see that she was agitated, and she seemed to find some difficulty in commencing what she had to say.
"What can I have the pleasure of doing for you, Miss Longworth ?" Weiss asked.

"I hope that you have come to tell me--" "I have come to tell you that you are both thieves!" she interrupted.
"If you do not give me back that paper, I don't care what my uncle says, I shall go to the police station." The men exchanged swift glances.

Littleson suddenly started.