"Oh, I know her." "Rhoda! Rhoda!" bleated her mistress, "do 'old your tongue! I tell you this gentleman's a police." "He ain't!" said the undaunted Rhoda.

"He's in the law.

Oh, I knows him!' "Ain't the law the police, you foolish gal ?" "Of course it--" began Rhoda, when Lucian, who thought that she had displayed quite sufficient eccentricity, cut her short with a quick gesture.
"See here, my girl," he said sharply, "you must not behave in this fashion.

I have reason to believe that the assassin of Mr.Vrain entered the house through the premises of your mistress." "Lawks, what a 'orrible idear!" shrieked Mrs.Bensusan.

"Good 'eavens, Rhoda, did you see the murdering villain ?" "Me?
No! I never sawr nothing, mum," replied Rhoda doggedly.
Lucian, watching the girl's face, and the uneasy expression in her eyes, felt convinced she was not telling the truth.