"Ah-ha! did Webber catch a glimpse of them?"
"No, he did not see any of the party; neither did his companions. But, Spicer, my men are hunting for that quartet."
"So?"
"Yes, just so."
"What else have you to go by?"
"A woman in the brick block which the widow owned, just back of this and fronting on York Street, looked from a rear window, last night, and saw a light burning here until nearly eleven o'clock."
"The quartet probably kept it up pretty late."
"Then Mrs. John Newstrum, who lives directly over this room, just told me that she heard persons down here as late as ten o'clock, and after."
"Did she hear anything like a quarrel?"
"Nobody in the house heard any quarreling or loud words during the night."