"But did she not act like a woman who possessed: a secret?"
The girl was thoughtful for some moments.
"I do remember a strange incident that once occurred when I was quite a girl."
"Ah! now we are getting down to it. Relate the incident."
"My reputed mother is buried in the graveyard on the mainland, beside the grave of her son."
"Yes."
"Well, once she visited his grave with me, and as she stood weeping, she said, after focusing her eyes on me in a strange manner:
"'Renie, some day from that grave may come forth a strange secret; the day may come when I will tell you about it.'"
CHAPTER IX.
The detective was keenly interested at once.