“I do.”

“That is well.”

Barnes hesitated a minute, and then said:

“Might it not be as well for you also to know her future address?”

“It would do no harm.”

“Then it will be here!”

The detective turned quietly, and softly ejaculated:

“Ah!”

“Certainly. In the face of such evidence as this letter of Mr. Field’s she must remain here. I will attend to it and see that she is introduced to the servants as their new mistress.”

“Well, as you please about that,” returned Nick, “it is none of my business.”