We have failed hitherto, but we may succeed yet! and when we succeed I shall marry you." "My darling!" cried Lucian in ecstasy; and then in a more subdued tone: "I'll do all I can to find out the truth.

But, after all, from what point can I begin afresh ?" "From the point of Mrs.Vrain," said Diana unexpectedly.
"Mrs.Vrain!" cried the startled Lucian.

"Do you still suspect her ?" "Yes, I do!" "But she has cleared herself on the most undeniable evidence." "Not in my eyes," said Diana obstinately.

"If Mrs.Vrain is innocent, how did she find out that the unknown man murdered in Geneva Square was my father ?" "By his assumption of the name of Berwin, which was mentioned in the advertisement; also from the description of the body, and particularly by the mention of the cicatrice on the right cheek, and of the loss of the little finger of the left hand." Diana started.

"I never heard that about the little finger," she said hurriedly.