I think you were a thief, Milburgh; but go on your own sweet way." "I thank you," said Mr.Milburgh sarcastically.

"Well, gentlemen, matters had come to a crisis.

I felt my responsibility.

I knew somebody had been robbing the house and I had an idea that possibly I would be suspected, and that those who were dear to me"-- his voice shook for a moment, broke, and grew husky--"those who were dear to me," he repeated, "would be visited with my sins of omission.
"Miss Odette Rider had been dismissed from the firm of Lyne's Stores in consequence of her having rejected the undesirable advances of the late Mr.Lyne.

Mr.Lyne turned the whole weight of his rage against this girl, and that gave me an idea.
"The night after the interview--or it may have been the same night--I refer to the interview which Mr.Tarling had with the late Thornton Lyne--I was working late at the office.