On their arrival they positively identified Macrane as the man seen entering and leaving the coach.
Patsy, on his arrival, reported his experiences with Masson and the rescue of Mrs. Constant and Edith.
Though Patsy told it with all modesty, Nick knew that Patsy had performed a most gallant and heroic deed, and so said, but it was not until he returned to New York that he learned how gallant and brave the deed was.
Speaking of the curious development of the case, Nick said:
“From the first I felt that Mrs. Constant’s natural bitterness toward Masson had misled her judgment. I never did believe that he did the murder.
“The strange thing is that Mrs. Constant did not give greater importance to the feeling of Macrane toward Ethel.
“However, she has a hold on Masson now, and if she will follow my advice, Masson will see the inside of a prison for his evil deeds. He deserves it.”
But he did not.
When Mrs. Constant learned that she had unjustly charged Masson with the murder of her sister, she seemed to feel that she had done him an injury which she could atone for only by refraining from following up the advantage she possessed.
Masson fled to Europe, so that Mrs. Constant is now free from his persecutions.