“There is something for you to crack, chief.”
“That is what you picked up this afternoon when you left me?” calmly asked Nick.
“Yes.”
“It confirms the stories of both Moran and Rawson. It makes the indications point all the stronger toward Masson.
“Now, I’ll give you something stronger than that. Ten minutes after Ethel Romney drove away from home, Eric Masson called at the Constant residence, asking to see Mrs. Constant.
“The servant who opened the door told him the lady had just driven away in her carriage.
“The servant supposed she was telling the truth, for she had mistaken Ethel for Mrs. Constant. In response to the question as to whether Mrs. Constant had gone out for the evening, the servant replied she thought not, as she had heard Mrs. Constant was going to her dressmaker.”
“Knowing all this you still have doubts, chief?” asked Chick.
“Patsy,” asked Nick, “does Eric Masson walk with a hitch or a jerk to his right shoulder?”
“I saw nothing of it?” replied the lad.