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"Of course I knew that her part in the matter was something like that," he said, "but I'm glad to hear it, just the same." He looked at his friend for a moment and then continued: "But how did you know that Edyth heard a door close immediately after the pistol shot?"
"Heavens, Kirk!" cried the newcomer, as he leaped out, "has anything serious happened?" "To whom?" asked the investigator, quietly, his eyes fixed upon the young man's face. "To Edyth, of course. Has any thing been seen of her?" "I have just left her; she seemed a bit agitated, but perfectly well." A look of relief crossed Pendleton's face. "Oh!" said he. "All right.
Is his stage story very far removed from actuality after all? In Miss Edyth Vale, we have a girl of most unusual character, of splendid education, apparently. And yet in the building of her own drama she has outstripped the inventor of stage plays in the matter of hesitancy.
There was a troubled look in her brown eyes; she tugged nervously at her gloves to get them off. "This is Mr. Ashton-Kirk?" she asked. "It is," answered Pendleton. "Kirk, this is my cousin, Edyth Vale." Ashton-Kirk gave the girl a chair; she sat down, regarding him all the time with much interest.
All these things passed through the mind of Edyth Vale, as she sat regarding the young man at the window. Finally he lifted his eyes and turned them upon her beautiful eyes remarkable, full of perception, compelling. As he caught her intent, inquiring look, he smiled; she colored slightly, but met his glance bravely.
A house of Benedictine nuns was founded in Wilton at an early date and was enlarged and re-endowed by Alfred. St. Edyth, one of the nuns, was a daughter of King Eadgar and Wulftrude, who had been a nun herself. When the Queen died Wulftrude refused to become the King's consort, and eventually became Abbess of Wilton. The site of the Abbey is now occupied by Wilton House.
To my surprise Edyth was talking quite animatedly with Cartwright, and about you." "Ah!" said Ashton-Kirk. "That's very pleasant. It is not given to every man that the mention of him should stir a melancholy young lady into animation." "Have you done anything in your line for the Treasury Department lately?" asked Pendleton. "Oh, a small matter of some duplicate plates," said Ashton-Kirk.
"As I had to take Edyth home last night, and you went bravely away with the police and Sagon, I find myself, as usual, trailing some distance in the rear." Ashton-Kirk regarded the litter of newspapers ruefully: "I gave them the heads of the case very plainly," said he, "but as it was almost the hour for going to press, I suppose they did not get the finer points of my meaning.
Edyth Vale, pale of face, but with steady eye, returned his look. "What are you going to do?" she asked. "I am sorry to do anything," spoke the stranger. "I do not know you, and you will onderstan', will you not, that I can't leave you behind to talk?"
It was exactly three minutes later when the continuous tooting of a horn told of the approach of another motor car along the crowded street. Then the door-bell rang. Ashton-Kirk arose and touched one of a series of buttons in the wall. Almost instantly a buzzer made sharp reply. He lifted a tube. "If it is Miss Edyth Vale," spoke he, "show her up." A little later a knock came upon the door.
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