8/96 The woman--Madame Duclos--wore a dress of brown serge. If my calculations are not wrong and we succeed in getting a glimpse of that dress, we shall find a tear in the skirt--and what is more, one very near the hem." "Made to-day ?" "Yes--another token of haste. She probably jerked at the skirt when she found herself caught. She could not have been herself to have done this--for which we may be glad." "You mean that by this thoughtless action she has left a clue in our hands ?" "That and something more. That tear in her decent skirt will bother her. |