"You see," said the girl unsteadily, "it would be dreadful if anything about me in connection with this shocking occurrence should get into the papers, for I meant no harm. Mr. Loring was a distant connection of my father's and I went to him in behalf of some one else—" she hesitated.
"Can you tell why your visit should have so excited him?" asked the lawyer.
"Yes. It was because I spoke of his daughter."
"Will you repeat to us just what you said to him?"
"I will tell you. It is a matter for a lawyer."
"Miss Wilbur," said Dr. Veldt, rising and speaking in a voice which he strove not to make too unlike his previous manner, "we cannot tell, until the post mortem takes place, just what caused this death, but I hope the result of the investigation may be enlightenment that will set your mind at rest. Since you wish to speak with Mr. Wrenn, I will leave you and hope that he will be able to assist you in your problem, whatever it may be. Good-morning." And with what grace he could muster, the physician left the room.
Diana sank back in her chair and Mrs. Lowell saw her exhaustion.
"Shall I tell our story to Mr. Wrenn?" she asked.
The girl nodded.
"Miss Wilbur has generously thrown herself into the thick of a problem which has been absorbing me in the last weeks," she began, and then she proceeded to tell the details of their experience.