“Not so, if he is at home, for I am here by his own appointment. He will surely see me. Go and tell him that his daughter is here!”
CHAPTER XVIII.
A PUZZLE TO SOLVE.
The reply given by the girl was as complete a surprise as anything the detective had listened to.
Only a minute before he had been told that it was not known whether this daughter was in existence, and now she was here claiming relationship.
While Nick did not say anything aloud, he did so mentally. And what he said was:
“The presence of this girl is another of the threads of this mystery!”
Meanwhile he was not losing a word of what passed between the butler and the girl.
The former gasped:
“His daughter, you said?”