Kedsty had told me that.

I was going to help you in another way, if M'sieu Fingers hadn't come.
Inspector Kedsty was over there tonight, at his cabin, when the thing happened down there.

It was a part of Fingers' scheme--to keep him out of the way." Suddenly she grew rigid.

The brush remained poised in her hair.

Kent, too, heard the sound that she had heard.