The notes made, the three detectives once more smiled craftily at each other, and Wilton Barnstable resumed: "We knew, of course, that another lady was also following Lady Agatha.
But, until the present moment, we had not identified her with Miss Pringle.

And I should not be at all surprised, not at ALL surprised, if still another person had been following Miss Pringle." "With what object ?" asked Miss Pringle, looking alarmed at the idea.
"The motive, my dear lady, I must for the present withhold," said Wilton Barnstable.

And again the three detectives exchanged knowing glances.
"Reginald Maltravers' pursuit of you, Lady Agatha, led him to Fairport," went on the great sleuth.

"No doubt he met the driver of the vehicle which brought you hither, and learned that you and Elmer had been set down in this neighborhood, just as Miss Pringle learned it.

No doubt it was well after dark when he arrived in the vicinity of the Jasper B.