"Do you really believe that you can, dear?" she asked anxiously. "Do you actually anticipate extricating me from this terrible position of doubt, uncertainty, and guilt?"
"I do—if you will only trust me, and keep a brave heart, darling," I said. "Already I have made several discoveries—startling ones."
"About Mrs. Petre, perhaps?"
"About her and about others."
"What about her?"
"I have found out where she is living—down at Colchester."
"What?" she gasped, starting. "You've been down there?"
"Yes, I was there yesterday, and I saw Ali and the two servants."
"You saw them—and spoke to them?" she cried incredibly.
"Yes."