account of Shevlin, an' followed your lead. Afterwards you were so busy putting me through the jumps
there wasn't a chance."
"Whoever made that doll must have known Peters quite well." I passed over this dig. "Peters must have
sat for the doll as one sits for an artist or a sculptor. Why did he do it? When did he do it? Why did
anyone desire to make a doll like him?"
"Let me work on the hag for an hour an' I'll tell you," he answered, grimly.
"No," I shook my head. "Nothing of that sort until Ricori can talk. But maybe we can get some light in
another way. Ricori had a purpose in going to that store. I know what it was. But I do not know what
directed his attention to the store. I have reason to believe it was information he gained from Peters'
sister. Do you know her well enough to visit her and to draw from her what it was she told Ricori