"Yes!" issued from the landlady's pale lips, "I--I noticed something."
"What did you notice?"
"I daren't tell you."
"You must!"
Mrs. Presk rose and hastily made for the door. Before she could reach it Gebb had placed his back against it. "You don't leave this room until I know what you are hiding."
"I'm hiding nothing!" burst out Mrs. Presk, "haven't you got eyes?" She pointed towards the dead woman. "Look!" she cried "Look!"
[CHAPTER III]
A WOMAN WITHOUT A PAST
As desired, Gebb looked at the gaily decked figure in the chair, and tried to find out what Mrs. Presk meant.
"Well, I'm looking," he said at length, "but I'm blest if I can see anything."