"Yes."
"I thought the affair had dropped from public notice.'
"On the contrary, I know personally the detective who is employed. He is not a very smart man, but he is energetic and persistent. He told me that evidence had been procured that Amalie had been murdered."
The woman laughed in a disdainful manner and replied:
"We know better."
"Certainly we do, but an investigation in that direction has already stirred up other suspicions."
"What other suspicions?"
"Suspicions that may lead to the most perilous consequences to us."
"Consequences to us?"
"Yes."