“Come back to Hecuba,” he growled. “You say that this woman is sister to Badger’s wife?”
“Yes.”
“What is her right name?”
“Victoria Clayton.”
“A euphonious name, at least.”
“Badger’s wife was a Claudia Clayton, and at one time was on the stage,” continued Weston. “She, too, is a remarkably clever and capable woman, an accomplished linguist, a votary of physical culture, an expert tennis and golf-player, and one of the best cross-country riders among the cultured sporting set who lean to such pastimes. Both women, in fact, are over the average, and out of the ordinary.”
“Did Badger marry his wife from the stage?”
“I think not, Nick. She had retired some time before. They have been married about five years, I believe.”
“Come back to the picture,” said Nick. “It must have been taken just as the hold-up occurred.”