"I demand a full and detailed explanation immediately."
Here a tap came upon the door; Stumph entered and handed Ashton-Kirk a
card.
"Let him come up," said the latter; and, as the man went out, he
continued to Pendleton. "We will both probably be much enlightened
now. It is Allan Morris."
"Just as you said," spoke Pendleton. "It's really almost like second
sight."
The investigator laughed.
"A small feat of reasoning, nothing more," said he. "However, an
enthusiast might find some of the elements of second sight in our
conversation in this room about a week ago."
Pendleton looked at him questioningly.
"It was on the morning that you called to announce the coming of Miss
Vale. We were speaking of how it sometimes happened that very innocent
things led to most weighty results; and I remarked, if you will
remember, that your visit might lead to my connection with a murder
that would dwarf some of those which we had spoken of."
"So you did," agreed Pendleton. "That _is_ rather remarkable, Kirk."
"And further," smiled the investigator, "I recall that I expressed
great admiration for Marryat's conception of a homicide in the matter
of Smallbones and the hag. The weapon used by Smallbones, it turns
out, was identical in character to the one used by Sagon.
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