Brown brogue shoes.' That, you see," continued the chief, "describes a quite different person.

You do not recognize the description as that of any man you have ever seen in company with your late maid, Miss Lennard ?" "I never saw my maid in any man's company," replied Celia.

"Since I first engaged her we have not been much in London.

I was in New York and Chicago for a time last year; then in Paris; then in Milan and Turin; lately in Moscow and St.Petersburg.When we were at home, here in London, she certainly had time of her own--her evenings out, you know--but of course I don't know with whom she spent them.

No--I don't know any man answering that description." The chief folded up his papers and restored them to his desk.
"Now that you are here," he said, "you may as well give me a few particulars about your doings on the _Perisco_, especially as they relate to Mr.James Allerdyke.