Ida laughed in a somewhat doubtful manner and replied:
“And I am afraid that you will find that it is something in which one of my sex is involved. I have noticed that nearly all the trouble which a sprig of the nobility gets into, is because of some woman.”
There was a tap at the door. Patsy opened it and found there a servant, who passed in a letter, with the remark that it had just been received.
It was addressed to Nick.
Handing it to Nick, the famous detective opened it and said:
“It is the same handwriting.”
“The same as what?” asked Chick.
“The same writing as the note of warning of this morning.”
Reading it, he passed it to Chick, saying:
“Read it aloud.”