“What I chiefly wish to know is whether you got a good look at the thieves, or were too frightened to notice them closely.”
“Oh, I was not greatly alarmed,” smiled Madame Victoria, with a shrug of her fine shoulders. “I saw that the loss of our valuables was inevitable, but I did not fear for my life.”
“Did you specially notice the woman who appears in this photograph?”
“I saw all that was to be seen of both miscreants, Detective Carter,” the woman declared, with a nod of emphasis.
“Did you detect any peculiarity about the woman?”
“Only her unusual height.”
“She was taller than the man?”
“Yes, indeed; several inches taller.”
“Yet in the picture he appears to be nearly six feet.”