It's business now and no mistake; and our first
visit shall be on the fellow at the St. Denis."
CHAPTER V
IN CORRIDOR AND IN ROOM
Three quarters of an hour later Mr. Ransom and Gerridge stood in close
conference before the last mentioned hotel. The former was peremptory in
what he had to say.
"I haven't a particle of confidence in this newspaper story," he
declared. "I haven't much confidence in her letter. It is this man who is
working us. He has a hold on her and has given her this cock and bull
story to tell. A sister! A twin sister come to light after fifteen years
of supposed burial! I find the circumstance entirely too romantic. Nor
does an explanation of this nature fit the conditions. She was happy
before she saw _him_ in the church. He isn't her twin sister. I tell you
the game is a deep one and she is the sufferer. Her letters betray more
than a disturbed mind; they betray a disturbed brain. That man is the
cause and I mean to wring his secret from him. You are sure of his being
still in the house?"
"He was early this morning. He has lived a very quiet life these last few
days, the life of one waiting. He has not even had visitors, after that
one interview he held with your wife. I have kept careful watch on him.
Though a suspected character, he has done nothing suspicious while I've
had him under my eye.
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