"And she----"
"She denies that she was in Cookley on the night when my uncle was killed. I was given to understand by her that an anonymous letter summoned her to the Hampstead Ponds to meet some one."
"For what purpose?"
"The letter said that the person who wrote it--there was no name, remember--declared that information would be given to enable her to get the money at once from my uncle."
"What money?"
"My property, I presume, for which she was scheming."
"Well, and did Madame Alpenny see this person?"
"No. She went to Hampstead about six and returned home after ten."
"Quite time enough for her to travel to Cookley and back in order to commit the murder," said Spruce coolly. "Did you see the letter?"
"No. She had torn it up."