It was all linked together in a flawless chain of reasoning. Dorothy had set forth the coördination of events, causes and effects, as one displays a piece of tapestry in which the complicated play of design and color produces the most harmonious unity.
The four young men were astounded; not one of them threw any doubt on her statement.
Archibald Webster said:
"One would think that you had been present throughout the whole adventure."
"Yes," said Dario. "The revivified Marquis played a whole comedy before you."
"What a power of observation and what terrible logic!" said Errington, of London.
And Webster added:
"And what intuition!"
Dorothy did not respond to the praise with her habitual smile. One would have said that events were happening in a manner far from pleasing to her, which seemed to promise others which she distrusted in advance. But what events? What was there to fear?
In the silence Maître Delarue suddenly cried: