Herne are surviving members of the Saul family who
practised coining, I should not be surprised to find that my
theories are correct. But how could anyone know that I
intended to go, over your house?"
"You asked me in Maraquito's salon. Clancy and Hale were
about."
"Humph!" said Jennings, "you see the various parts of the
puzzle are fitting together excellently. Probably one of
those two overheard."
"Probably. That Hale looks a sly creature and capable of
much. I wonder if he is related to the Saul family. He has
the same nose."
"And the same eyebrows meeting over the nose," said Jennings.
"Mrs. Herne has a similar mark. I am sure she is a relative of
Maraquito's."
"If she is her aunt, I give you leave to call me a fool," said
Caranby, rising. "I know that Emilia told me she had no
sister. What will you do next, Jennings?"
"I shall see this man who fired the house and try to get at
the truth. Then I am having Mrs. Herne watched--"
"And Maraquito?"
"She can't move from her couch, so there is no danger of her
escaping. But now that the coining factory is destroyed, I
shall find it difficult to bring home the crime to anyone. I
wish Cuthbert would come."
"Do you expect him?"
"Yes. Listen, Lord Caranby," and Jennings related the episode
of the knife, and how he had brought Mallow and Juliet
together. "And it seems to me," went on the detective, "that
Cuthbert learned something from Miss Saxon which he does not
wish to tell me.
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