She turned it off well when Evelyn recognized it, and made the most of her time.

She was within an ace of success, but fate was against her.

And Carr lost no time, either, for that matter; for I have since found out that the telegram she sent was to Birmingham, where he was no doubt hiding, bidding him meet her in London earlier than had been arranged.

Of course he set off for the scene of the accident directly he heard of it, having received no further communication from her.

We arrived only ten minutes before him.
For my part, I admired _her_ more than I ever did before, when the truth about her came out.