“Police are down in the crypt now. Did you catch Winkey and that cruel Jay Highland?”
“We did,” Penny replied, “but the story is too long to tell now. I’m afraid though, I have bad news.”
“How do you mean?”
“The sapphire is gone. Winkey hurled your suitcase into the river.”
Rhoda’s tense face relaxed into a little smile. “Has that been worrying you?” she asked.
“Naturally.”
“But I tried to tell you—you were in such a hurry you wouldn’t listen!”
“You tried to tell me what?”
“Why, the sapphire wasn’t in the suitcase. It’s here in the house.”
“But I thought you said you took it with you when you ran away!”