Hallard looked at his watch. He had time to build up a big story, which was good; but there was time enough for the other papers also to arrive on the ground, which was bad.
"Why did she kill herself?"
"Nobody knows. She had a terrible quar'l with Mr. Enslee, though."
"What about?"
"Nobody could find out."
Hallard thought hard. The name of Forbes occurred to him, for he remembered the time he had seen Forbes with Persis.
"Did Captain Forbes call to-day?"
The maid stared. "Ain't you a wonder! How did you know?"
"Did they quarrel about him?"
"Nobody knows they did, but all of us feels sure they did."