” “Straight?” “Not a bit of it! He’s been out after eight per cent. “Well,” he said at last slowly, “I’ll pay it. ” CHAPTER THE THIRTEENTH THE SAPPHIRE RING Part 1 For a time that ring set with sapphires seemed to be, after all, the satisfactory solution of Ann Veronica’s difficulties. Then he looked across at Mrs Sindlesham. She had fallen asleep. Beneath these prints, a cluster of hobnails, driven into the wall, formed certain letters, which, if properly deciphered, produced the words, "Paul Groves, cobler;" and under the name, traced in charcoal, appeared the following record of the poor fellow's fate, "Hung himsel in this rum for luv off licker;" accompanied by a graphic sketch of the unhappy suicide dangling from a beam. Under the circumstances you must permit me to be the best judge of the identity of the young lady who did me the honour, as an old family friend, of dining with me. ‘And this is where you have been all the time?’ ‘I would have been back in a day, I promise you. She sat in deep thought for a moment or two, and then nodding briskly, dipped the pen in the ink again and began to write. As he returned to the table, he put his finger to his nose; and, though he said nothing, he thought he had a much better chance of winning his wager. Forgetting the dark thoughts of his last brush with the girl, he dropped the dagger back in his pocket, quickened his pace, and went back into the house to look for his hostess. Michelle said that the case had been closed for lack of evidence.
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