A strip of silk hid a
valuable collection of antique jewellery. Besides diamonds and
precious stones by the score were gold and silver ornaments,
silks, satins, laces, draperies, articles of virtu, plumes, even
cutlery and bric-a-brac. All this must have been the result of
countless excursions to the stores of New York and innumerable
clever thefts.
We could only look at each other in amazement and wonder at the
defiance written on the face of Annie Grayson.
"In all this strange tangle of events," remarked Kennedy,
surveying the pile with obvious satisfaction, "I find that the
precise instruments of science have told me one more thing. Some
one else discovered Mrs. Willoughby's weakness, led her on,
suggested opportunities to her, used her again and again, profited
by her malady, probably to the extent of thousands of dollars. My
telegraphone record hinted at that. In some way Annie Grayson
secured the confidence of Mrs. Willoughby. The one took for the
sake of taking; the other received for the sake of money.
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