"Well, young lady, you've done a fine bit of work today," the captain said soberly. "It's evident that you're destined to follow in the footsteps of your illustrious father."
"Thank you, sir," Penny flushed.
With the four crooks on their way to jail, and the Rembrandt and the pearl necklace in the possession of the police, she felt that her responsibility was ended. Calling a taxicab, she drove to Amy Coulter's new rooming house.
"I have wonderful news for you!" she greeted the girl. "The painting has been recovered!"
"Then I'm exonerated?"
"Completely."
"Oh, Penny! It's your doing, I know. How can I thank you?" Tears of joy streamed down Amy's face.
She listened breathlessly to the story Penny related.
"So George Hoges turned out to be a thief!" she exclaimed. "When he asked me to copy a painting for him, I was suspicious that he had involved himself in something dishonest."
Penny spoke of the meeting she had witnessed in the park.