"How dare you force your way into my house?" cried Kitty angrily, while Villiers stood looking sullenly at the detective.
"It's about the diamond robbery," went on Naball, as if he never heard her.
"Leave the house," she cried, stamping her foot.
"And about the murder," he finished off, looking from one to the other.
Kitty glanced at Villiers, who looked at her with a scowl, and sank into a chair. Just as he did so, the drawing-room door opened, and Eugénie entered, followed by Ezra Lazarus.
"I don't understand the meaning of all this," said Caprice, with a sneer; "but you seem to have a good idea of dramatic effect."
"Perhaps so," replied Naball lazily. Kitty shrugged her shoulders and turned to Eugénie.
"Perhaps you can explain all this, Miss Rainsford?" she said coolly.
"Yes," answered Eugénie slowly; "it's about Mr. Stewart. You know he has been arrested for this murder?"
"Know," repeated Kitty impatiently, "of course, I know. I'm sure I ought to--morn, noon and night I've heard nothing else. I don't know how it will affect the piece, I'm sure."