'I came upon Guy Holland, at dead of night, engaged in robbing me, and I sent him from me with my blessing.'
'Then where is he?'
'I know no more than this chair.'
'Miss Bewicke, I called at your rooms this morning. I saw his walking-stick upon your table. When I asked how it came there, the woman who had opened the door said, in effect, that he had left it behind in his hurry to go away with you.'
'The woman! What woman?'
'She said she was your companion.'
'Casata? Louise Casata never said anything so monstrous.'
'Not in so many words; but that was what she intended me to understand.'
'You believed it? What a high opinion you appear to have of us! Guy must be worse even than I imagined, or you, his promised wife, would not judge him with such hard judgment.'
'I did not believe it; but I did believe that you called in the police last night.'