“Do you remember an instance?”
“Only one, and then she went out with the side-whiskered chap.”
Nick was getting deeper into the mire.
The landlady certainly could have no interest in deceiving him, and if she told the truth, then this Helen Doane could not be the Helen Lorton who had so frequently been seen with Demas Lorton!
“But, perhaps this being seen with him so frequently had occurred prior to the time of her coming here to live,” he thought.
That would soon be ascertained.
He was about to rise to take his leave when the landlady said:
“I—I—beg pardon, but has—has—Miss Doane met with any good fortune?”
Turning a piercing look on her, Nick Carter asked:
“Why do you make that inquiry?”