"That will be looked into. And the stopping of the clocks? Could your apparatus have done that?"
"Never. It is true a strong electrical current might, under certain circumstances, stop clocks, as well as start them. But it would not stop all the clocks in the store—or all that were going—at different hours."
"Perhaps not. Well, I must see what I can do. Carroll and Thong, with the prosecutor's men, will use this for all it is worth. We must combat it somehow."
"Please find a way, Colonel! I was so hopeful and—now—"
The young man could not go on for a moment because of his emotion.
"Amy—Miss Mason—how does she take this?" he faltered.
"She doesn't know it yet, I believe. It didn't get in this morning's papers, but it will be in this afternoon's."
"I wish you could see her and explain. I—I can't stand it to have her lose faith in me."
"I'll see what I can do. I'll put the best face on it I can for her."
"And you yourself, Colonel! You—you don't believe me guilty because of this new development, do you?"