"I'm glad you've come up--though this is no place for you." He paused and looked at her in a puzzled way.

"But you know this man, you called him 'Sydney' ?" "What does he mean ?" asked Celia, in a bewildered fashion, of Derrick.
"Why does he speak like that ?--Oh, what does it mean!" "It means that the Inspector here is making a mistake, Celia," said Derrick gravely, but without any resentment.

"It appears that there has been a robbery at the Hall----" "You've heard nothing about it!" exclaimed Celia.
"No," said Derrick, quietly.

"I left for London yesterday morning early; I returned this morning, saw no one, heard nothing of it." "Oh, come now, you'd better keep silent," interrupted the Inspector.
"Miss Grant, I met this gentleman"-- he hesitated on the word--"with this"-- he tapped the box--"in his possession.

I know, from the description, that it is the missing jewel-case, and I have arrested him on the charge of robbery and attempted murder.