I saw at once how, accustomed
as he was to weigh evidence, he had immediately seen the
justification for O'Connor's arrest of the Millefleurs.
"More than that," added Kennedy, after examining the fibres of the
paper under a microscope, "all these notes are written on the same
kind of paper. That first torn note to Miss Blaisdell was written
right in the Novella and left so as to seem to have been sent in
from outside."
It was early the following morning when Kennedy roused me with the
remark: "I think I'll go up to the hospital. Do you want to come
along? We'll stop for Barron on the way. There is a little
experiment I want to try on that girl up there."
When we arrived, the nurse in charge of the ward told us that her
patient had passed a fairly good night, but that now that the
influence of the drug had worn off she was again restless and
still repeating the words that she had said over and over before.
Nor had she been able to give any clearer account of herself.
Apparently she had been alone in the city, for although there was
a news item about her in the morning papers, so far no relative or
friend had called to identify her.
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