“Do you think Mr. Crewe is as clever as people say he is?”
“There is no doubt that he is a very remarkable man. I have already had proof of his wonderfully quick observation.”
“Then I suppose there is no doubt that he will find out who killed Frank Lumsden?”
He looked at her steadily as he replied:
“His appearance in the case lessens the guilty person’s chance of escape. But Mr. Crewe does not claim to solve every mystery which is presented to him.”
“Do you think he will solve this one?” she asked.
He knew that she had a secret reason for hoping that some aspect of it would prove insoluble, but this knowledge did not influence his reply.
“It may baffle him,” he replied meditatively. “But I have been so deeply impressed with the keenness of his observations and his methods of deduction that I feel sure he will get very near to the truth.”