"I make a good deal of it," he replied. "Let us not jump to conclusions, however. Did you hear anything they were saying?"
"Of course I did. Mrs. May was urging her companion to do something. She was pointing out how rich the reward would be. It was something, I fancy, that had a deal to do with us."
"I shouldn't be surprised," Ralph said grimly. "Go on."
"Something artistic that would be commented on in the scientific papers, a thing that would not lead to suspicion."
"Yes, yes. Did you manage to get a clue to what it was?"
"I'm afraid not. Mrs. May made one remark that was an enigma to me. She said that she had the bees safely in her possession."
A queer sound came from Ralph's lips; his face glared with a strange light.
"You have done well," he said. "Oh, you have done well indeed."
And for the time not another word would he utter.