I wanted to be certain the lady had not been killed, and I shall not go away until she is perfectly recovered." Arthur Rance then took the lead in talk, paying no heed to some of Rouletabille's questions.

He gave us, without our inviting him, his personal views on the subject of the tragedy,--views which, as well as I could make out, were not far from those held by Frederic Larzan.

The American also thought that Robert Darzac had something to do with the matter.

He did not mention him by name, but there was no room to doubt whom he meant.

He told us he was aware of the efforts young Rouletabille was making to unravel the tangled skein of The Yellow Room mystery.