He said the dark man was waiting in the yard until the lady had gone, when he was coming in again." "But the lady, you say, went at eight, and you saw the man half an hour later ?" "That's it, sir.

He told me a lie, for he never came in again to see Mr.
Wrent." "But already the dark man had seen the lady ?" "Yes.

He came in with her at seven, and went away at half-past." Lucian mechanically stooped down and picked up the fur cloak.

He was puzzled by the information given by Rhoda, and did not exactly see what use to make of it.

Going by the complexion of the man who had lurked in the back yard, it would appear that he was Count Ferruci; while the small stature of the woman, and the fact that she wore a velvet-spotted veil, indicated that she was Lydia Vrain; also the pair had been in the vicinity of the haunted house on the night of the murder; and, although it was true both were out of the place by half-past eight, yet they might not have gone far, but had probably returned later--when Rhoda and Mrs.Bensusan were asleep--to murder Vrain, between the hours of eleven and twelve on the same night.
This was all plain enough, but Lucian was puzzled by the account of Mr.
Wrent.