Whether you have helped me as much as you could," he added, looking her in the face, "you only can tell, but you have certainly helped me a little." The footman had entered.

The Inspector turned to follow him.

Penelope remained as she had been standing, the hand which had touched the bell fallen to her side, her eyes fixed upon him with a new light stirring their quiet depths.
"One moment, Morton," she said.

"Wait outside.

Mr.Jacks," she added, as the door closed, "what do you mean?
What can I have told you?
How can I have helped you ?" The Inspector stood very still for a brief space of time, very still and very silent.