CHAPTER IX.
HIGH AND LOW.
At the foot of the stairs, Mr.Gryce excused himself, and calling in two or three men whom he had left outside, had the valet removed before taking Miss Butterworth back into the study.

When all was quiet again, and they found an opportunity to speak, Mr.Gryce remarked: "One very important thing has been settled by the experiment we have just made.

Bartow is acquitted of participation in this crime." "Then we can give our full attention to the young people.

You have heard nothing from them, I suppose ?" "No." "Nor from the old man who laughed ?" "No." Miss Butterworth looked disappointed.
"I thought--it seemed very probable--that the scrap of writing you found would inform you who these were.

If it was important enough for the dying man to try to swallow it, it certainly should give some clew to his assailant." "Unfortunately, it does not do so.