Bailey, whom he had seen on the foot-
path, and who owned the pearl cuff-link.
Why did Arnold Armstrong come back after he had left the house
the night he was killed?
No answer. Was it on the mission Louise had mentioned?
Who admitted him?
Gertrude said she had locked the east entry. There was no key on
the dead man or in the door. He must have been admitted from
within.
Who had been locked in the clothes chute?
Some one unfamiliar with the house, evidently. Only two people
missing from the household, Rosie and Gertrude. Rosie had been
at the lodge. Therefore--but was it Gertrude? Might it not have
been the mysterious intruder again?
Who had accosted Rosie on the drive?
Again--perhaps the nightly visitor. It seemed more likely some
one who suspected a secret at the lodge. Was Louise under
surveillance?
Who had passed Louise on the circular staircase?
Could it have been Thomas? The key to the east entry made this a
possibility. But why was he there, if it were indeed he?
Who had made the hole in the trunk-room wall?
It was not vandalism. It had been done quietly, and with
deliberate purpose. If I had only known how to read the purpose
of that gaping aperture what I might have saved in anxiety and
mental strain!
Why had Louise left her people and come home to hide at the
lodge?
There was no answer, as yet, to this, or to the next questions.
Why did both she and Doctor Walker warn us away from the house?
Who was Lucien Wallace?
What did Thomas see in the shadows the night he died?
What was the meaning of the subtle change in Gertrude?
Was Jack Bailey an accomplice or a victim in the looting of the
Traders' Bank?
What all-powerful reason made Louise determine to marry Doctor
Walker?
The examiners were still working on the books of the Traders'
Bank, and it was probable that several weeks would elapse before
everything was cleared up.
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