She came and informed me off-hand that he was innocent and asked me to clear him, with never a hint that she could explain the most suspicious circumstance against him." "You've got me," Terry laughed.

"I give up when it comes to finding out why women do things.

If you had _asked_ her, you know, she would have told you; but you never said a word about it." "How could I ask her when I didn't know anything about it ?" "I managed to ask her," said Terry, "and what's more," he added gloomily, "I promised it shouldn't go any further--that is, than is necessary to get Rad off.

Now don't you call that pretty tough luck, after coming 'way down here just to find out the truth, not to be allowed to print it when I've got it?
How in the deuce am I to account for Rad's behavior without mentioning her ?" "You needn't have promised," I suggested.
"Oh, well," Terry grinned, "I'm human!" I let this pass and he added hastily, "We've disposed of Jeff; we've disposed of Radnor, but the real murderer is still to be found." "And that," I declared, "is Cat-Eye Mose." "It's possible," agreed Terry with a shrug.

"But I have just the tiniest little entering wedge of a suspicion that the real murderer is not Cat-Eye Mose.".