"But--queer business, you know--and ought to be settled.

Bad for Ransford to have any sort of a cloud over him.

Sorry to see it." "Is that why you came forward with a reward ?" asked Mary.
But to this direct question Folliot made no answer.

He muttered something about the advisability of somebody doing something and went away, to Mary's relief.

She had no desire to discuss the Paradise mysteries with anybody, especially after Ransford's assurance of the previous evening.