On her way, she turned.
"Do you believe that money is irrevocably gone ?" she asked of Anderson.
The detective smiled.
"There's no such word as 'irrevocable' in my vocabulary," he answered.
"But I believe it's out of the house, if that's what you mean." Miss Cornelia still hesitated, on the verge of departure.
"Suppose I tell you that there are certain facts that you have overlooked ?" she said slowly.
"Still on the trail!" muttered the detective sardonically.

He did not even glance at her.

He seemed only anxious that the other members of the group would get out of his way for once and leave him a clear field for his work.
"I was right about the Doctor, wasn't I ?" she insisted.
"Just fifty per cent right," said Anderson crushingly.

"And the Doctor didn't turn that trick alone.

Now--" he went on with weary patience, "if you'll all go out and close that door--" Miss Cornelia, defeated, took a candle from Bailey and stepped into the corridor.