"And clever," said Geoffrey. "I guessed your plot, uncle. She is very clever."
"The cleverest woman in the world, the most wicked, the most unscrupulous. Of course she asked you to dinner, and, of course, you will go. Nobody is to know of it, mind."
"Uncle, how did you guess that?"
"I'll tell you presently. And I'll tell you many things you will have to say and leave unsaid to—Mrs. May."
"Tell me why Marion's photograph is in her album."
"So she showed you that!"
"No, I found it out by accident. Is Marion connected with her?"
"Very closely, indeed. She is Marion's evil genius. And yet through that pure and innocent girl we are going to strike at the heart of the mystery. Ask me no questions, now; to-night we will go carefully into the matter."