Wagner sat for a moment with a solemn and perplexed look upon his handsome face, when suddenly he demanded:
"Who are you?"
"I told you my name was Jack Pitts."
"And you know the mother of this missing girl?"
"Yes."
"What did she tell you?"
"Merely that her daughter was missing, and that it was very strange. She appeared to feel, however, that her daughter was only temporarily absent, and would return all right in a little while."
"Did you ever see this daughter?" asked Wagner.
"I never did."
"She is a very beautiful girl."