It was Laura who stood there.

She wasted very little time in preliminaries.

Having satisfied herself that the guard was out of hearing, she leaned as close as she could to Quest.
"Look here," she said, "Lenora's crazy with the idea that Craig has done these jobs--Craig, the Professor's servant, you know.

We used the phototelesme yesterday afternoon and saw him burn something in the Professor's study.

Lenora went up straight away and got hold of the ashes." "Smart girl," Quest murmured, nodding approvingly.