"In order to learn positively what took place in the house on that night," he said decisively, "we must find another and independent witness."
"Can we?" asked Audrey, faintly, for she was greatly bewildered.
"I think so. Rosy Pearl."
"Oh!" Audrey stared. "But she will know nothing."
"I am not so sure of that. She was sleeping in an upstairs bedroom."
"Probably she was asleep."
"And it might be that she was awake," said Shawe, quickly. "At all events, it is strange that the woman whom your father desires to marry should be in the house where the obstacle to that marriage met with her death. And on the selfsame night, too," ended Ralph, with a nod.
"What is to be done?" asked Audrey, astonished at this new development.
"This. Say nothing about Badoura's conversation with Eddy Vail and wait patiently until I see Rosy Pearl. I shall do so this very day."
"I wonder if she is guilty?" queried Audrey. But Shawe could not answer this question, which was scarcely to be wondered at.