"Has anything new been discovered,—have any steps been taken towards finding the murderer?"
"Mr. Green, the lawyer whom we have consulted, has had an interview with Ray, and he has a clue now of some kind that is being investigated."
"And you know whom he suspects?"
"He has not told me, Miss Sanford, and—something that occurred recently in the garrison had set me to asking him questions which he declined to answer,—another matter entirely,—I saw he had reasons for keeping it to himself——"
"Mr. Blake, have you still that note he sent last night?"
"No; he burned that this morning."
"Has he said nothing—nothing to indicate whom he suspects?"
"Not to me—as yet. We have had too much to attend to, perhaps, but it is plainly something he hates to allude to."
"Look! Mr. Blake; they are calling you—down the row. You will come back and tell us what it is?"
"Yes, and at once."