Oh, Mr.Kent, save me!" "Miss Delary," said the Investigator, taking again the girl's hands and looking into her eyes, "you are safe.

Tell me only one thing.

The man who played against Kivas Kelly--did you see him ?" "Only for one moment"-- the girl paused--"through the keyhole." "What was he like ?" asked Kent.

"Had he an impenetrable face ?" "He had." "Was there anything massive about his face ?" "Oh, yes, yes, it was all massive." "Miss Delary," said Kent, "this mystery is now on the brink of solution.
When I have joined the last links of the chain, may I come and tell you all ?" She looked full in his face.
"At any hour of the day or night," she said, "you may come." Then she was gone..