Then I must have fainted." "There was nothing about the figure that you recognized ?" "No.

Nothing." "But we know it was the Bat," put in Miss Cornelia.

The detective laughed sardonically.

The old duel of opposing theories between the two seemed about to recommence.
"Still harping on the Bat!" he said, with a little sneer, Miss Cornelia stuck to her guns.
"I have every reason to believe that the Bat is in this house," she said.
The detective gave another jarring, mirthless laugh.

"And that he took the Union Bank money out of the safe, I suppose ?" he jeered.