“And you have since changed your opinion?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Well, I began just as she did.”
“Eh? What do you mean?”
“Why, I started from her house in the same carriage that she used, and was driven to the Pennsylvania depot.”
“But my dear Carter why—”
“One moment. I have found that the best way in which to think out a difficulty is to begin at the beginning and follow the footsteps of the person in whom I am interested just as far as I can. While I am on what I call 'certain footing,' I have a good chance to think.
“I stood in her room, where, with the help of Sara Varney's friends, I had already made a thorough examination of her effects.
“I discovered, for one thing, that she had not taken her check-book—that is, the one which contained the stubs which represented the four thousand dollars already drawn from the bank.