"By that time there was a scattering, I fancy," said Stricket, with a smile.
"Yes," assented George, "everybody was hunted from the basement except those you see here now."
At this moment Coroner Mix joined them.
"Going to look into this case a little, Old Spicer?" he asked.
"I have some thoughts of doing so," was the reply.
"I hope you will," said the coroner. "If there is any information I can give you, I will impart it gladly."
"Are there any clews to work on as yet?" asked Old Spicer.
"Very few, so far as I have been able to learn."
"What do you know about the woman, anyway?"
"Very little indeed. The fact is, Spicer, there seems to be a blissful ignorance on every hand, even regarding the history of the victim and her family affairs."