My chief shook his head silently, and Brooks left the stand.
Again the coroner and Singleton whispered together.
"We will recall Miss Holladay's maid," said the former at last.
She was on the stand again in a moment, calmer than she had been, but deadly pale.
"Are your mistress's handkerchiefs marked in any way?" Goldberg asked, as she turned to him.
"Some of them are, yes, sir, with her initials, in the form of a monogram. Most of them are plain."
"Do you recognize this one?" and he handed her the ghastly piece of evidence.
I held my breath while the woman looked it over, turning it with trembling fingers.
"No, sir!" she replied emphatically, as she returned it to him.
"Does your mistress possess any handkerchiefs that resemble this one?"