When he paused, she pondered and finally spoke out.
"It would seem that you suspect Dido or my mother of having something to do with the matter," she remarked coldly.
Major Jen equivocated.
"No," he replied. "I don't say that exactly, but you must admit that the finding of the handkerchief bound round Jaggard's head is strange."
"Not at all. Dr. Etwald used it as a bandage."
"So I understand; but did Dr. Etwald bring it to the house with him?"
"No. He picked it up in the bedroom."
"Precisely," assented Jen, eagerly. "Therefore your mother--"
"Had nothing to do with it," interrupted Isabella. "I dropped the handkerchief in the room. Is there anything so very extraordinary in that?" she added, impatiently. "The matter is very simple. I brought with me one of my mother's handkerchiefs instead of my own. In the agitation of finding the body gone I dropped it, and Dr. Etwald found it to use as a bandage. That is quite plain, I think."
"Quite plain," agreed the major, "saving the presence of the perfume similar to that of the devil-stick."