"What have I been saying?" she asked.
Lorelie turned to Idris. "How long have you been here?"
"From the beginning of your experiment," he answered.
"Then Beatrice shall learn the story from you."
"But the story lacks completion. You left the experiment unfinished at its most interesting point.—Lady Walden," continued Idris, gravely, "you know now, if you did not know before, that a murder was committed within the interior of Ormfell. Justice requires that the murderer should be punished."
"Go on," she murmured, as he paused.
"That urn," he continued, pointing to the golden vase, "formed a part of the treasure that led to the crime. Whoever gave you the urn was either the assassin, or obtained it through the agency of the assassin."
Idris paused again, and Lorelie herself uttered the question that was in his mind.
"And, therefore, you would learn the name of the giver?"
Idris bowed.