Darrell generally made notes of his subject, so that he might ever keep the circumstances before his mind.
He now jotted down a few more headings, and then surveyed the case as seen through these spectacles which he had drawn on.
Looking over his shoulder we can also get a resume of the case by reading what he filled up a page in his note book with.
They were arranged under heads in numerical order, beginning at the start:
1—Paul Prescott, an artist, makes daily visits to Joe’s house when Joe is down town.
2—Lillian Leslie has a secret from her husband.
3—The paper dropped by Prescott is in her writing, and seems to promise an elopement. It is also signed L, her initial.
4—The girl who gave Prescott the letter corresponds with Lillian’s faithful maid, who has been in the family for many years.
5—The fact of her having the closet key upstairs is significant in itself.
6—Her trunk is locked and the key gone—she says she will produce it when Joe has leisure to examine the trunk—there is no hurry—the morrow will do—evidently something is to occur between now and to-morrow.