"Gone!"
"Mr. Currier arrived this morning after you had gone and took the boat back to New York with him."
"And the jewels?"
"Yes, the jewels, too."
"Humph! So that's where they are!"
"Yes."
"Pretty cute of him to make so neat a get-away!" commented the girl with admiration. "Currier is, of course, the understudy—the accomplice."
Marcia started.
"What sort of man was he? A gentleman, like Mr. Heath?"
The older woman colored.