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Then in reply to the nod of Lucian she continued: "I told you all I knew about it when you called before. I don't know nothing more." "Can you tell me the name of the dark man you saw in the yard?" "No, I can't. I know nothing about him." "Did you ever hear Mr. Wrent mention his name?" "No, sir. He called and he went, and I saw him in the back yard at 8.30.
Ferruci then departed, promising to bring Mrs. Clear to see me. He brought her late on Christmas Eve, at ten " "Ah!" interrupted Lucian, "did she wear a black gauze veil with velvet spots?" "She did, Mr. Denzil. Have you met her?" "No, but I have heard of her. She was the woman who visited Wrent in Jersey Street. No doubt Ferruci was waiting for her in the back yard."
Lucian immediately told about the supposed connection between Vrain and Wrent, but, suppressing that it was Lydia's or Ferruci's idea, based his supposition on the fact of the resemblance between the two men. Link heard the theory with scorn, and scouted the idea that the two men could be one and the same. "I've seen Vrain," said he. "The old man is as mad as a March hare and as silly as a child.
Lucian was somewhat of this opinion himself, yet he had an uneasy feeling that Vrain might prove to be the culprit. The fact of Vrain's being often away from Mrs. Clear's house in Bayswater, and Wrent absent in the same way from Mrs. Bensusan's house in Jersey Street, appeared strange, and argued a connection between the two.
Wrent, long before Christmas, promised me a present, and gave me the cloak then." "Will you let me take this cloak away with me?" "If you like," replied Rhoda carelessly. "I don't want it. "Oh, Rhoda!" wailed Mrs. Bensusan. "Your lovely, lovely rabbit skin!" "I'll bring it back again," said Lucian hastily. "I only want to use it as evidence."
Link and Mrs. Clear, and arrange about the cypher. Then my father is to be discharged as cured to-morrow, and I'll let him go out if he pleases. Of course, I'll follow him; then I'll be able to see if he goes to Pimlico." "But, Diana, suppose he does go to the Silent House, and proves to be Wrent?" "He won't do that, my dear. My father is no more Wrent than you are.
"Deary me!" said the fat woman, with mild surprise. "Mr. Wrent left me shortly after Christmas. A kind gentleman, but timid; he " "Excuse me," interrupted Lucian, who wanted to get into the house, "but don't you think you could tell me about my friend in a more convenient situation?" "Oh, yes, sir certainly, sir," wheezed Mrs. Bensusan, rolling back up the narrow passage.
"Then why not find Wrent?" asked Diana bluntly. "He has hidden his trail too well," began Link, "and and " "And if you did find him," finished Denzil coolly, "he might prove himself guiltless, after the fashion of Mrs. Vrain and Ferruci." "He might, sir; there is no knowing. But since you think I have done so little, Mr. Denzil, let me ask you who it is you suspect?" "Dr. Jorce of Hampstead."
"With such evidence she cannot deny that she visited Wrent; and was in the vicinity of the house wherein her husband was murdered on the very night the crime was committed. Also she must state Ferruci's reason for hiding in the back yard, and tell me plainly who Wrent is, and why he helped the pair of them in their devilish plans.
"Lord!" cried Miss Greeb, taken by surprise. "You don't say, sir, that Mr. Wrent is a murdering villain, steeped in gore?" "No! No!" replied Lucian, smiling at this highly-coloured description. "Do not jump to conclusions, Miss Greeb. So far as I am aware, this Mr. Wrent you speak of is innocent. Do you know Mrs. Bensusan and her house well?" "I've visited both several times, Mr. Denzil."
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