Let me know if Mrs.Herne comes out, and where she goes." "Yes, sir," said Drudge, and bowed himself out.
When the man was gone Jennings walked up and down his room in a great state of excitement.

He was beginning to see the end of the matter.
That the scent should be used by a man who was passing false coins confirmed his idea that it was some peculiar sign whereby the members of the gang recognized one another.

If Mrs.Herne really was the aunt of Maraquito, this matter implicated her as well as the niece.

And Mrs.Herne had been accustomed to go to Rose Cottage, which hinted that Miss Loach had perhaps learned of the existence of the gang and had suffered for her indiscreet curiosity.
"I believe Miss Loach threatened to disclose what she knew.

She may have learned that the gang worked in that house from the fact of the ghosts, in which so strongminded an old lady would not believe.