"How dare you insult me and my daughter?"
"Come, come," said the detective, sternly, "I've had quite enough of this. You offered me one thousand pounds to learn who killed your so-called husband, Krill. I have earned the reward—"
"Not one shilling shall you have."
"Oh, I think so. Miss Sylvia will pay it to me, and you—"
"I am innocent. I never touched the man."
"A jury will decide that, Mrs. Jessop."
"Krill—my name is Krill."
Hurd laughed and turned towards the tapestry.
"What do you say, Miss Jessop?" he asked.
Seeing that further concealment was at an end, Maud lifted the tapestry, which concealed a small door, through which she had silently stolen to listen. She advanced calmly. "I have heard all your conversation with my mother," she declared with flashing eyes, "and not one word of it is true. I am the daughter of Lemuel Krill."