"A scarab pin against--a Homburg hat." "Precisely," said Bray.

"You wagered that you, and not I, would discover the guilty man.

Well, Colonel, you owe me a scarab.

Lieutenant Norman Fraser-Freer has just told me that he killed his brother, and I was on the point of taking down his full confession." "Indeed!" replied Hughes calmly.

"Interesting--most interesting! But before we consider the wager lost--before you force the lieutenant to confess in full--I should like the floor." "Certainly," smiled Bray.
"When you were kind enough to let me have two of your men this morning," said Hughes, "I told you I contemplated the arrest of a lady.