"But there is one difficulty that you have neither of you accounted for yet." "What is it, aunt ?" "You talk glibly enough, Julian, about this woman's mad assertion that Grace is the missing nurse, and that she is Grace.

But you have not explained yet how the idea first got into her head; and, more than that, how it is that she is acquainted with my name and address, and perfectly familiar with Grace's papers and Grace's affairs.

These things are a puzzle to a person of my average intelligence.

Can your clever friend, the doctor, account for them ?" "Shall I tell you what he said when I saw him this morning ?" "Will it take long ?" "It will take about a minute." "You agreeably surprise me.

Go on." "You want to know how she gained her knowledge of your name and of Miss Roseberry's affairs," Julian resumed.