She looked at the valise on the floor, and laughed outright, but as her eyes lifted once more, she beheld her travelling suit draped over the head-board of the bed, and instantly the expression of her face changed.

She had forgotten hanging it there.

That must have been where the woman went when she disappeared.

It was not to rummage the bed at all, but to hastily run through the pockets of her jacket.

The girl swiftly crossed the room, and flung coat and skirt onto the bed.