"Ballingall?"
"Without a doubt."
"But, my dear, how can you be so sure?"
"He was hanging about all day--he tried again last night; it's as plain as it possibly can be."
Jack, puzzled, had been looking from one to the other.
"Perhaps you will tell us what is as plain as it possibly can be."
Ella turned to him.
"There was another burglary last night."
"Where?"
"Here--in the very middle of the night."