"And mine too. Why should you faint because I ask if you have another lover besides Mr. Alder?"
"I refuse to answer!"
"In that case," observed Gebb, artfully, "there must be something wrong with Arthur."
"How dare you call him Arthur?" flashed out Miss Wedderburn.
"Call who Arthur?" asked Gebb, laying a trap for her hasty tongue.
"Mr. Fer----" She stopped and bit her lip, hesitating, as it would appear, whether to tell the name or not. After a momentary pause she evidently deemed bold speaking the safest policy, for she continued calmly: "After all, there is no reason why I should not tell you his name."
"None in the world, so far as I can see," answered the detective, with a shrug. "I know that his Christian name is Arthur, but what is the surname of your lover, Miss Wedderburn?"
"How do you know that I have a lover?" retorted Edith, answering one question by asking another.
"How do I know that you have two lovers?" corrected Gebb, coolly. "Because you told me about one named Mr. John Alder, and Mr. Prain spoke to me about the other. I came here with a certain amount of knowledge, miss."
"Mr. Prain? What has he to do with it?"