Why ?" The Doctor gave him a dignified stare.
"Miss Van Gorder has already explained." Miss Cornelia elucidated.

"Mr.Anderson has already formed a theory of the crime," she said with a trace of sarcasm in her tones.
The detective turned on her quickly.

"I haven't said that." He started.
It had come again--tinkling--persistent .-- the phone call from nowhere--the ringing of the bell of the house telephone! "The house telephone--again!" breathed Dale.

Miss Cornelia made a movement to answer the tinkling, inexplicable bell.

But Anderson was before her.
"I'll answer that!" he barked.