glimpse--"

He opened the book and read:

"And now I shall tell you that the fishing with a natural fly is
excellent and affords much pleasure."

"It won't do!" ejaculated the colonel as he closed the book and threw
it aside.

One matter puzzled the colonel as well as the other detectives. There
was no sign of the jewelry store having been entered from the outside,
so that if a stranger had come in he must have done so when the doors
were unlocked or made a false key, or else he had forced a passage so
skilfully as to leave not a sign.

Of course this was possible, and it added to the inference of some that
a burglar, used to such work, had entered the place, and, being
detected at work by Mrs. Darcy, had killed her.

However, there was not so much as a cuff button missing, as far as
could be learned after the contents of the store had been checked up,
though of course an intruder might have been frightened off before he
had taken anything.

Many of Darcy's friends could not help but admit that appearances were
against him. He and his cousin had quarreled, somewhat bitterly, over
money, and about his refusal to give up work on his electric lathe.
There was also King's testimony about words over Amy, though Darcy
contended that this talk was nothing more than his relative had