I don't like her," he concluded, with some abruptness.
"On what grounds ?" "Well, she spoke very hardly about her husband, and seemed rather more concerned about this assurance money than his death.

She is a flippant doll, with a good deal of the adventuress about her.

I don't think," said the barrister significantly, "that she is altogether so ignorant of this matter as she pretends to be." The detective raised his eyebrows.

"You don't propose to accuse her of the murder ?" he asked sceptically.
"Oh, no!" answered Denzil hastily.

"I don't say she is as guilty as all that; but she knows something, or suspects something." "How do you make that out ?" "She fainted at the mention of stiletto; and I am convinced that Vrain--as I suppose we must call him now--was killed with one.