"My friend here, Dr.
Watson, has informed me of what you have communicated, and also of what you have withheld in connection with that matter." "What have I withheld ?" she asked defiantly.
"You have confessed that you asked Sir Charles to be at the gate at ten o'clock.

We know that that was the place and hour of his death.

You have withheld what the connection is between these events." "There is no connection." "In that case the coincidence must indeed be an extraordinary one.

But I think that we shall succeed in establishing a connection after all.

I wish to be perfectly frank with you, Mrs.
Lyons.