"She came over from New York two months ago, to play in a new piece at the Imperial. I have an interest in the theater, and saw her there for the first time about a week after her arrival."
"Do you know anything of her life and associations in America?"
"Very little. She was not communicative. She only told me a few of her theatrical experiences."
"So far as you know," the inspector proceeded, "had she an enemy in this country—or was there any one who could have wished to harm her?"
"Apparently there was," Copplestone returned. "I did not know it until to-night."
Mechanically, in the manner of one repeating a lesson, he described the visit of the young millionaire, and his threat against Christine Manderson.
"And the name of this young man?" the inspector asked, bending over his note-book.
Inspector Fay looked up sharply.
"Layton? The man they call the Mad Philanthropist?"