"These circumstances seem to justify the arrest of M. Marville, who now stands charged with the murder of M. Duchesne.
"A peculiar feature of the case is the vanishing of the altar-ring. The prisoner declines to make any statement respecting it, and though his house has been searched no trace of it can be discovered."
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Mrs. Breakspear put away the book with a heavy sigh.
"Ah, Eric!" she murmured. "Will your innocence ever be established?"
CHAPTER IV TRAGEDY!
Mrs. Breakspear sat by the open casement enjoying the deep beauty of the evening. The air was still and clear, and over the bay hung one star sparkling in a sapphire sky.
Idris, seated with her, had eyes for nothing but the yacht Nemesis, which still lay out in the offing, rising and falling with the motion of the tide, and showing a tiny light at the stern.