"Why do you ask?" inquired the detective.
For the convenience of my readers I give a diagram of Lord and Lady Wilmersley's apartments.
| X. | Spot where Lord Wilmersley's body was found. |
| 1. | Doors locked and barred. |
| 2. | Windows all barred. |
| 3. | Window without bars found open. |
| 4. | Library table. |
| 5. | Lady Wilmersley's portrait. |
| 6. | Doors leading to swimming-pool. |
| 7. | Doors leading from hall. |
| 8. | Divans. |
CHAPTER V
THE DETECTIVE DETECTS
"A very pale yellow!" Cyril was dumb-founded.
Every fact, every inference had seemed to prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that his protégée and Lady Wilmersley were one and the same person. Was it possible that she could have worn a wig? No, for he remembered that in lifting her veil, he had inadvertently pulled her hair a little and had admired the way it grew on her temples.
"Why does the colour of her ladyship's hair interest you, my lord?" again inquired the detective.