“Does she look like Redway?”
“No. She has none of his features that I can see. Yet I believe it will be found that the child plays a prominent part in the tragedy by some indirect method.[{42}]”
“Why do you think so?”
“Because there is a slight resemblance between her face and the face of the girl who was killed.”
“Ah! that makes the child an important character in the case. What is your next move, Nick?”
“There is no next move. It must be a series of moves in which I need your help and the aid of Ida.”
“Well, map out your business.”
“First, I want to find the mysterious woman.
“Secondly, I want to find that little girl.
“Thirdly, I want to discover where Estelle Langdon went last night—in order to discover her place of meeting with the party to whom she addressed that note.