" Jennings hesitated. "She also
wore a veil when she spoke, and refused to raise it on account
of weak eyes. By the way, do you notice that Maraquito uses a
strong scent?"
"Yes. Clancy and Hale also use it."
"Ha!" said Jennings, surprised. "I never knew that.
Decidedly, I am growing stupid. Well, Mrs. Herne uses that
scent also. It is a rare scent." Then Jennings told what
Susan Grant had said. "Now I think there is some significance
in this scent which is connected with the association of
Clancy, Hale, Maraquito and Mrs. Herne."
"But Mrs. Herne doesn't know Maraquito."
"I am not so sure of that. Susan Grant thinks she may be
Maraquito's mother, she is so like her in an elderly way. Did
you know this Mrs. Saul?"
"No. I knew the brother who came to speak to me after the
death of his sister, and who afterwards was put in jail for
coining. His wife I never met. I never even heard of her.
But Maraquito takes after her father in looks and he was like
Emilia."
"It is a difficult matter to unravel," said Jennings. "I
think Mrs. Herne refused to raise her veil at the inquest so
that the likeness between her and Maraquito might not be
observed. I was there, and if Mrs. Herne is what I say, she
would have been put on her guard by Maraquito. Though to be
sure," added Jennings in a vexed tone, "Maraquito did not know
then, and perhaps does not know now, that I am a detective."
"Clancy and Hale will enlighten her," said Caranby, as the
vehicle stopped, "will you not come in?"
"Not to-night.
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