If--as may be established by the will which her nephew has, and of which, in spite of all she affirmed, or, rather, swore, she may have accurate knowledge--she benefits by Kitely's death, is there not motive there?
Clearly, Miss Pett is to be suspected!" "Do you mean to tell me that she'd kill old Kitely just to get possession of the bit he had to leave ?" asked Bent incredulously.

"Come, now,--that's a stiff proposition." "Not to me," replied Brereton.

"I've known of a case in which a young wife carefully murdered an old husband because she was so eager to get out of the dull life she led with him that she couldn't wait a year or two for his natural decease; I've heard of a case in which an elderly woman poisoned her twin-sister, so that she could inherit her share of an estate and go to live in style at Brighton.

I don't want to do Miss Pett any injustice, but I say that there are grounds for suspecting her--and they may be widened." "Then it comes to this," said Bent.

"There are two people under suspicion: Harborough's suspected by the police--Miss Pett's suspected by you.