"I do not understand you," he said, faltering.
"It is sufficient explanation, Mr. Somerville, to say I have seen the woman who is now in prison—your paid agent—and that I need no assistance to recover Ida. She is in my house."
"Confusion!"
He uttered only this word, and, rising, left the presence of the woman whom he had so long deceived and injured.
His grand scheme had failed.
CHAPTER XXXV
JACK'S RETURN
It is quite time to return to New York, from which Ida was carried but three short weeks before.
"I am beginning to feel anxious about Jack," said Mrs. Harding. "It's more than a week since we heard from him. I'm afraid he's got into some trouble."