"No discoveries connecting them with the Roman robbery, but I have established the fact that they are desperate characters. This fellow Spitzanni arrived in America just after the Roman robbery. I propose to ally myself with you, if you will permit me, and I know I can be of great service to you."
"You are acquainted with Mrs. Frewen?"
"I am. She was my mother's kindest friend, but she is bitterly prejudiced against me."
"You sent her a letter."
"I did, warning her that a robbery was contemplated. I had no positive knowledge and dared not make a direct statement, but I sent a note calculated to put her on her guard, and wished she would take the necessary precautions. I learned that she did. She called you to her aid and captured the robbers."
"That is all true, and this has been a most remarkable revelation to me, for do you know I was tracking you."
"Believing me to be connected with the gang?"
"Yes."
"Had you any grounds for suspecting me?"
"Only the fact that you were an Italian and appeared to know in advance the intentions of a gang of robbers."