When Grace had gone Cartwright asked: "Can you remember the evening of the month and the time when you first saw the girl ?" Lister fixed the date and added: "It was nearly ten o'clock.

The porter had just gone through the car and when he said my berth was ready I looked at my watch.

He went to the next Pullman, and I thought he was getting busy late." Cartwright nodded and Mortimer glanced at him sharply, but next moment looked imperturbable.

Mrs.Cartwright's relief, however, was obvious.
Her face had become animated and her hands trembled.
"Thank you," said Cartwright.

"Go on." Lister narrated his putting the girl on board the gravel train and Mrs.
Cartwright interrupted.
"Do you know if she had money ?" "She had some.