"But I take it Robinson is conducting certain inquiries, and I imagine that his superiors demand a degree of circumspection in such conditions.

That is all." "Surely you do not rank with the stupid crowd in its suspicions of Mr.
Grant ?" said the girl.
"I'm pleased to think you refuse to class me with the gossip-mongers of Steynholme, Doris," was the guarded answer.
There had been no reference to the murder during tea, which was served as soon as the chemist came in.

The visitor had tabled a copy of a current medical journal containing an article on the therapeutic qualities of honey, so the talk was lifted at once into an atmosphere far removed from crime.

Doris was grateful for his tact.

When her father went to the office she brought Mr.Siddle into the garden solely in pursuance of her promise to the detective, though convinced that there would be no outcome save a few labored compliments to herself.