"Probably I shall be able to properly account for them when I return from a little trip that I am about to take to-day," said he. "That is," as a sort of afterthought, "if some things turn out as I think they will."
Fuller unfolded the newspaper that he had brought in.
"It is a late edition of the Star," he said. "The paper seems to have scored a beat, for it has some developments that may put a different face upon everything."
Ashton-Kirk took the sheet, and as he glanced at the flaring headlines, he whistled softly. The lines read:
"MYSTERIOUS WOMAN IN A MOTOR CAR!
"She Visits 478 Christie Place on the Night of Murder!
"DID A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN'S HAND DEAL THE DEADLY BLOW?
"A New Element Added to the Hume Sensation!"
"The Star man seems to have struck up an acquaintance with Sams," said Ashton-Kirk, with interest. He thought for a moment, and then added to Fuller:
"Tell Stumph when Miss Edyth Vale arrives to show her here at once."
"Oh, you have been expecting her then?"
"No: I have not. But I am now."