"I understand," he commented, tersely. "Are you going to be married?"
"I could--could never marry him," she gasped suddenly. "No, no," emphatically. "We are not, ever."
She slowly recovered from her confusion, while the scientist continued to squint at her curiously.
"I believe you said you had some information for me?" he asked.
"Y--yes," she faltered. Then more calmly: "Yes. I came to tell you that the package of ten thousand dollars which you took from Mr. Fraser's pocket has again disappeared."
"Yes," said the other, without astonishment.
"It was presumed at the bank that he had taken it home with him, having regained possession of it in some way, but a careful search has failed to reveal it."
"Yes, and what else?"
The girl took a long breath and gazed steadily into the eyes of the scientist, with determination in her own.
"I have come, too, to tell you," she said, "the name of the man who robbed the bank."