"This does not help us much." "No.

But it shows you what an escape your uncle had from marrying the woman.

I can't understand--" "No more can Caranby," said Mallow, smiling; "he loved Miss Loach, but Emilia exercised a kind of hypnotic influence over him.

However, she is dead, and I can see no connection between her and this crime." "Well," said Jennings soberly, "it appears that some other person besides the mother gave a clue to the breaking up of the gang and the whereabouts of the factory.

Supposing that person was Selina Loach, who hated Emilia for having taken Caranby from her.