"Yet it may happen that you will have to run the
risk of that very experience."
I glanced towards him in amazement.
"If the girl does not turn up of her own accord, or if we do not
succeed in getting some trace of her movements, I shall be tempted to
place you where you can study into the ways of this gentleman's
household. If the affair is a mystery, it has its centre in that
house."
I stared at Mr. Gryce good and roundly. "You have come across
something which I have missed," observed I, "or you could not speak
so positively."
"I have come across nothing that was not in plain sight of any body
who had eyes to see it," he returned shortly.
I shook my head slightly mortified.
"You had it all before you," continued he, "and if you were not able
to pick up sufficient facts on which to base a conclusion, you
mustn't blame me for it."
More nettled than I would be willing to confess, I walked back with
him to the station, saying nothing then, but inwardly determined to
reestablish my reputation with Mr. Gryce before the affair was over.
Accordingly hunting up the man who had patrolled the district the night
before, I inquired if he had seen any one go in or out of the side
gate of Mr. Blake's house on ----- street, between the hours of eleven
and one.
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