Madge had also risen.
"Miss Brodie."
"Of course I do. And I did behave badly--like a wretch. But why didn't you explain?"
"You saw what, at the moment, was my capacity to explain, and now you perceive how extremely complicated the explanation would have had to be."
"But to think," cried Ella, "that we should be in the very centre of a mystery."
Jack struck in.
"Exactly--living in the very heart of it; surrounded by it on every side; having it staring you in the face whichever way you turn. What did I tell you? Isn't it blood-curdling? Like the man says in the song--you really never do know where you are."
Ella glanced at Madge.
"The burglary last night--do you think?"
"Of course it was."