"I won't. You did quite right, and I only wish you were a man. You and I together would get at the bottom of a mystery that is making many innocent people unhappy."
"We'll do it as it is, Dick. It's made mother unhappy--oh, so unhappy! The worst of it is"--she paused, and with a grave look added, "Dr. Vinsen. What does he mean by speaking against you?"
"Passes my comprehension, Gracie. There's no love lost between us, that's clear. It is a case of mutual antipathy. But I don't want to do him an injustice. He has been very kind to you."
"Yes," she said. "I wonder why."
"Ah, I wonder."
"I tried to get in at the inquest to-day, but couldn't get near the door. Was he there?"
"I did not see him. His friend was."
"His friend?" she queried.
"Dr. Pye, and he made it hot for us."
"What did he say, Dick, what did he say?"