She wore her hat and gloves, and I congratulated myself on my timely arrival.
"I didn't expect to see you again so soon, Dr.Jervis," she said, holding out her hand with a frank and friendly manner, "but you are very welcome all the same.

You have come to tell me something ?" "On the contrary," I replied, "I have come to ask you something." "Well, that is better than nothing," she said, with a shade of disappointment.

"Won't you sit down ?" I seated myself with caution on a dwarf chair of scrofulous aspect, and opened my business without preamble.
"Do you remember a thing called a 'Thumbograph' ?" "Indeed I do," she replied with energy.

"It was the cause of all this trouble." "Do you know if the police took possession of it ?" "The detective took it to Scotland Yard that the finger-print experts might examine it and compare the two thumb-prints; and they wanted to keep it, but Mrs.Hornby was so distressed at the idea of its being used in evidence that they let her have it back.

You see, they really had no further need of it, as they could take a print for themselves when they had Reuben in custody; in fact, he volunteered to have a print taken at once, as soon as he was arrested, and that was done." "So the 'Thumbograph' is now in Mrs.Hornby's possession ?" "Yes, unless she has destroyed it.