I began to believe you had been deceived, and your treatment of me arose through a misunderstanding; I thought you a victim, and that I would be a cad if I failed to stand by you.

We put this and that together, carried out some investigations quietly, and arrived at a definite conclusion." "What investigations ?" "In the field where the body was found first," West went on steadily, but no longer looking at her, "tracing the different tracks through the clover.

Then I looked up that cottage in Arch Street, and thus learned about Hobart.

Somehow he seemed to fit into the picture, and your mysterious visit there made me anxious to interview the man.

He had left no address however, just faded out of sight suddenly, which increased suspicion.