One of the gang released lately from prison may have killed the old lady out of revenge." "What! after all these years ?" "Revenge is a passion that grows with years," said Jennings grimly; "at all events, I intend to go on ferreting out evidence about this old coining case, particularly as there are many false coins circulating now.

I should not be surprised to learn that the factory had been set up again; Miss Loach may have known and--" "This is all supposition," cried Mallow.

"I can't see the slightest connection between the coiners and this murder.

Besides, it does not explain why Juliet hints at my being implicated." Jennings did not reply.

"There's the bell, too," he murmured, his eyes on the ground, "that might be explained." He looked up briskly.