"They have been investigating the attack?"
"Yes; Donald—Mr. Avery, you know—and the conductor have been working on it all day."
"What have they learned?"
"Not much, I think; at least not much that they have told me. They have been questioning the porter."
"The porter?"
"Oh, I don't mean that they think the porter had anything to do with it; but the bell rang, you know."
"The bell?"
"The bell from Father's berth. I thought you knew. It rang some time before Father was found—some few minutes before; the porter did not hear it, but the pointer was turned down. They have tested it, and it cannot be jarred down or turned in any way except by means of the bell."
Eaton looked away from her, then back again rather strangely.
"I would not attach too much importance to the bell," he said.