I had no business to be there, or, at least, to leave the five spangles you speak of, behind me on Mr.Adams's miserable floor.

I was simply passing by the house; and had I been the woman I once was, that is, a woman who had never dipped into a mystery, I should have continued on my way, instead of turning aside.

Sir, it's a curious sensation to find yourself, however innocent, regarded by a whole city full of people as the cause or motive of a terrible murder, especially when you have spent some time, as I have, in the study of crime and the pursuit of criminals.

I own I don't enjoy the experience.

But I have brought it on myself.