A duty you say--a duty to locate this man?
A duty to whom ?" "To the State, if no one else," he answered gravely.

"Percival Coolidge did not commit suicide; he was murdered." "Murdered!" she came to her feet with utterance of the word.

"You cannot think that!" "I know it, Miss Natalie; the evidence is beyond question; he was murdered in cold blood." "But by whom?
for what purpose ?" "These points are not yet determined; I am only sure of the crime." "Yes, but--but you suspect Jim Hobart.

Isn't that true?
You came here seeking him--yes, and me.

You even think I know how this death occurred.
You--you connect it with my fortune." "No, Miss Natalie," he protested stoutly, moved by her agitation.