"It's an impossibility," cried Roger, in despair.
"No, I don't say that," answered Fanks, coolly. "At Jarlchester I had nothing to go upon, and yet look what I've discovered."
"You are a genius, Octavius."
"Egad! I've need to be to unravel this case," said Octavius, smiling. "It's the most difficult affair I ever took in hand."
"Do you suspect any one?"
"I can't say at present till I get things more in order. The first thing I want to know is, what were the contents of those letters?"
"I cannot tell you. I did not read them, of course, but simply packed them up and sent them to Miss Varlins."
"Oh, then she has got them?"
"No, she hasn't."
"Where are they, then?"