“Who could have done it?”
“Joe Colkett!”
“Archibald! Archibald!” cried Margaret, instantly rising. He came out at once.
“What is it?”
“Anne says Colkett took it!”
“What does this mean, Anne?” he said.
“Only this: Rose told us yesterday, you remember, that Colkett had been to see Dorothy about an inscription for a board to set over his wife’s children. You heard her speak of it.”
“Yes; but what then?”
“That man is the thief!”
“You are a most astonishing woman, Anne. What reason have you? You must have a reason.”