"No; don't jump to conclusions. I think both she and Vass are innocent enough, but I fancy they know something likely to clear up the mystery of the death, if they would but speak."
"Torry," cried Darrel earnestly, "I am sure Donna Maria wishes to discover the assassin of her uncle. You heard her say so?"
"Oh, yes I heard her say so. Words! words! words Why does she not own up?"
"Own up what?" inquired Frank obstinately.
"The truth."
"She doesn't know it."
"She may not know all of it, but she knows half, and Vass knows the other half. If those two would only put their halves together we might arrest this mysterious assassin."
"But why should they not speak out?" argued Darrel.
"Because they are shielding someone."
"Whom?"