"It was placed in the trunks. Jones intended, probably, to remove it next day, but his arrest prevented.
"Of course it was necessary to get the body out of the way very soon. But Jones was too closely watched. That work had to be done by the woman, and she did it exceedingly well."
Nick told how Musgrave had been duped.
"Now," he continued, "nothing remains but to clear up the details of the crime in the restaurant. I shall proceed to state exactly how it was done."
At this moment Jones, who had previously remained perfectly calm, uttered a horrible groan, and half arose to his feet. He sank back fainting.
And then came a surprising incident, for which even the shrewd superintendent of police had been wholly unprepared.
A pale-faced man, who had been sitting beside Nick, arose and cried, in a voice that trembled with emotion:
"Stop! Stop! I can bear this no longer!"
It was Hammond, the man who begged Nick to save Jones.
While Nick had been speaking, Hammond's eyes had been fixed upon Jones' face. He had watched the agony of fear growing upon the wretched man and gradually overcoming him.