Chapter 4
It did not need a word from Lady Delahaye to acquaint me fully with what had happened. Indeed, my only wonder had been that this knowledge had not come to her before. She greeted me with a smile, but her face was full of purpose. "Where is he?" she asked simply. "Not here," I answered. She seated herself, and began to unpin the travelling veil from her hat. "So I perceive," she remarked. "He will return?" "Yes," I admitted, "he will return." She folded the veil upon her knee and looked across at me thoughtfully. "What an i***t I have been!" she murmured. "After all, that emerald necklace might easily have been mine." "I am not so sure about that," I answered. "I think I know what is in your mind, but I might remind you that suspicion is one thing and proof another." "The motive,"
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